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A SELECTIVE MICROFILM EDITION
PARTV
(1911-1919)

Thomas E. Jeffrey
Senior Editor

Brian C. Shipley

Theresa M. Collins

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Editors

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LETTERBOOK SERIES

General Letterbook Series
Letterbook, LB-095 (1913)

This letterbook covers the period August-November 1913. Most of the
correspondence is by Edison and William H. Meadowcroft. Many of the items
relate to the commercial and technical development of Edison's alkaline
storage battery. There are also letters pertaining to his phonograph and
motion picture businesses. Additional correspondence concerns an article
about Edison, written and published by Elbert Hubbard in The Fra and
Philistine Magazine, and efforts by Mina Miller Edison to stock black bass in
the creek near the family's winter home at Fort Myers, Florida. Also included
are documents referring to Edison’s health, the books in his library, and his
summer vacation in Maine, along with reminiscences about his childhood and
his career as a telegrapher.

The front cover is marked "T. A. E. From Aug. 6, 1913. To Nov. 11,
1913." The spine is marked with similar information, along with the number
"34." The book contains 701 numbered pages and an index. Less than 10
percent of the book has been selected.

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nave een. taken ni, out “but a | device “of”

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me pitenesc™ to this at odd times in the

bints,. we have given 80
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b have | never eptten,

Bere? faction.

August 6th, 1913.

3 ‘Tes ‘Mali, “ , ;
527 G. Street gates ak .

Y en’ din receipt of your favor of the 29th

ee ve ulti, “nd in reply beg to sey that I 4o not know of anyone

who manufactures: ‘the spacial apparatus that you mention there- :

. ‘In foot 1 doubt very much whether it is mede up

5 ‘ : be repulerly. for the wnarket » ‘
‘| e oe i. We have. a ‘Special uppasaeda at my TLeboretcry

‘hardy vhich shows. the vibration some and irreguierity of the

‘votes: on: a ‘Soreen, but it. is ais quite complicated and very

expensive. i ‘We putt it ourselves, but we are not in posi- '

“ton to build others for the public. _ .

Yours very truly,

‘August 6th,

Mr. D. EH. Wilson,
Box .424,
Oklahoma City, Okla.

Dear Sirie.
Your favor of the Slat ultimo has

been received, end in reply we heg to S&7 that we do
not “now where the Maison Electric Pen or supplies

therefore can nov he obtained. Tt was superseded

some years ago by the Wdison Mimeograph, which is made

by the A. B. Dick Company, Chicago, Illinois.
Yours very truly,

Zaison Dehoratory-

a neem ree Sg Se et mena erm a te
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Dear Siri-
I beg to acknowledge receipt of your
also of the copy oF your

agth uitimo, end
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ertend my

favor of the
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Little book wyour Sister

thanks to you for co
1 have laid it

mpliment ing me the rewith-

aside to reed on my

af I can get one-

vacation,
Yours very +ruls

1913.

August 6th,

ur. J. B. Taltevall,
% Phe Telegraph and Telephone age.,

253 Broadway,
New York.
Dear Hr. Taltavall:-

I am in receipt of your fuvor oF the Slist
ultimo in regard to the Annual Convention of the O14 Dine
Telegrephers and Historical Association, and heg to assure
you of my appreciation of the invitation to attend the
Banquet on the 28th instent.

Lf I can possibly attend I shall do so with
a great deal of pleasure, but I am so tied down vith 5000
‘employees here thet it.is doubtful whether I shall be able

to get avay-

With kindest regerds, I remai

Orange, New Jersey.
Auguet 6, 1915.
jx. H. 3. HReditman,
“se ‘Fort Myers, Florida.
Dear Sir:-
Urs. Edison hae received word from the

Commissioner of Fisheries at Washington, De C.,

thet his messenger went to your residence with

ival of the black base to

ana that you yefused

information of the exr

steck the creek at Fort Myers;

fish at that hour of. the night; and

to work with the

in consequence her application rad been cancelled.

She feele very Dadiy about. this and would

like some explanation from you.
Yours very truly,

Secretary

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August 9th,

ur. J.ffRohert Crouse,

£
Nele Park,
Cleveland, Uhio.

My dear Er. Crouse:
I received thie rornizg tie article
from Klbert Hubbard and immedistely showed is to Mr

san cul

Taison who looked it over, after which T

following telegram, which I now gonfis-

"Received Hubbard article.
poetical, but has

Showed it
te Edison who seys it is picturesque and

no objection to your using it as proposed -"

Yours very truly,
f

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August 9th, 1913.

Mr. £. Hubbard,
East Aurora,
Erie County,
ew York.

Dear Mr. Hubbara:

I beg to acknowledge receipt of your

favor of the 6th instant, enclosing the article which

you wrote sometime ago about Mr. #dicon

and published
in ""o Fre".

Please accept my thanks therefor.
7 I have sent a telegram to our friend
Mr. Crouse in your care this morning, and trust that he

is on hand to receive it.

with kind regarda, I remain

yours very truly,

August 9th, 1923

Bir. E. R. Whitney,

% Commercial Truck Co. of America,
27th and Brown Sts.,

Philadelphia, Pa-

Dear Mr. Whitney: -

I beg to ecknowledge receipt of your

favor of the 7th instant, the contents of which have

been carefnlly noted.

et me say in reply that i£ am making
a lot of tests now with a vehicle end separately excited
field. There will be no extra cells. ‘here will be
60 in all, 57 for the motor and 3 for the field, eid
charged in series, but discharge separately. tne 57
nalla are relieved of the field, the whole doing the
game work. I will give you all the data of our experi-

ments later.

carsaws

August Leth, '13

Mr. George F. Morrison,
General Mlectria Uo.,
Harrison, N. Jd.

My dear Mr. Morrison:~

L think it is beet that 1 should write you
now in regard to the matter ¢& the invitation you kindly ex-
tended to me to attend the meeting at Association Island
on one or two days in the early part of september.

L heve mot had a vacation for nearly two
years, and since my return from surope in the fall of 1911
T have been working steadily day and night, averaging about
18 hours a day, until I really need change: and a short rest.
At the time you called here, my wife, unknown to me, had
engaged a cottage in Maine and had made arrangements for the
family to go there for a while. Yhey have all insisted
that 1 also shall be with them. whe plan is that 1 shall
go on the 25th instant and return september llth.

I really don't see how 2 can possibly get out
of it. peside, in justice to myself and in view of the
fact that there is an enormous amount of most important work
ahead of me this fall, I do not see how 1 can break up these
few days of much needed rest,- as I certainly would have to
do to be with you at Association Island. It would give me
much pleasure to avail myself of the opportunity of meeting
so many old friends under such favorable auspices were the
conditions otherwise, end 1 greatly appreciate your very
cordial invitation, but in the cireunstances 1 must do the
thing that is most reasonable, even though it means disap-~
pointment in another direction.

Trusting that you and your associates will
fully appreciate the spirit in which 1 write, I

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August 14th, 1912

Mr. Willis H. Jones,
Engr. Equipment Dept.,
195 Broadway,

new York.

Deur sir:-

I am in receipt of your favor of

the loth instant in regard to the Phonoplex apparatus,

and in reply I would say that so far as I know there

is none of this apparatus working these days. 1
vent out of that line a great many years age, and I have

no printed matter left.

August 14th, 1913

ty. Arthur Williams,

é The New York Edison Company,
55 Duane Street,

New York.

My dear Ur. Williams: -

T muet ask you to kindly pardon the delay
in reply to your esteemed favor of the 4th instant in which
you state you have forvarded to me two books, "Thirty
Years of New Yorn." I have simply been overwnelmed with
impe rtant wor. for Hr. Edison, waich has kept me busy
every minute of tne time, and my correspondence has peen
sadly neglected.

Allow mse to extend my best thanks for the
two books which you nave kindly sent me, and to express my

appreciation of your courtesy and thoughtfulness: i re-

gard this work aS & valuable addition to my library.

Yours very truly,

A
ly-> + a

cer

fascennaed

ay
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pees

August 165th, 1913

Hr. W. VW. Ackerman,
% Edwin H. Benners, .
5O Church Street, Hew York.

Dear Siri-

I beg to acknowledge receint of your

favor of the 13th instent in regard to Mr. Benners' patented

steel pound concrete paving block.

I recall the yisit of Mr- Benners and

yourself Last week and also recall seeing the sample ploci:
ghown me, and I beg to confirm what J said
1 of the plock.- At that

might make

which was then

then, namely, that I thought wel
time I suggested that perhaps our Genént Works
s for Mr- Benners,
Edison Portlend Ce

address is stewarts-

and suggested that you see Mr.

these block
ment Company,

Mallory at our Works, the

Wew Village, N. d- Their. Post office a

ville, B. J-
“yours ver aly,

neers orem nme ete een es

August 165th, 1913

Mrs. “Bnily Biiratic

La Mascotte, .

19::Doncaster. ‘Avenue, : : : :
Kensington, ate "Australia.

Dear Madam: ~ ie

ae I take pleasure in acknowledging siete ‘de of your

favor of July - ‘Sth, and also of the package of very interesting
photographs which you have been kind enough to send me. Allow
me to thank you. for. them, and also to congratulate your husband upon
such exellent pictures. J. shall value then as an addition to
the: collection, which. 1 have : at home.

‘Pleace also let me: thank: you for your kind permis~-
sion to. ‘Teproduce the cab and: dog ‘picture in- our Phonograph Soc

I think they will. be. found ‘very interesting by the readers.

in regard to ‘the sefety seat for serial machines,

“which ¥ your “husband has inyented, let me aay that i would giediy pass

an opinion upon 4t-421 were ‘possessed of any experience in this
line. ALL i ‘know about aeroplanes is from what I have read, and

Ido not expect to take any active anterse? ps dr exploitation

15th, 1913

Mr. W. F. Siegmund,

% Detroit Eleotric Car Co.,
5195 Delmar Plvd.,

St. Louis, Mo.

Dear Mr. Siegmund:- .

Your favor of the 12th instant enclosing a

newspaper clipping ‘gelling of a run made by a Detroit Klectric

with the Hdison battery has been received, and I want to thank
~ you for your courtesy in keeping me posted.
let me say for your information that the
battery will get better and better for three years. Should
there be a drop in the mileage I would suggest that you look
out for the bearingsin the motor and wheels, which need atten~-

tion from time to time.

Yours

worset

Auguat (16th 1913

f ‘Corporation,
yew! York «

‘Dear, pootor Caxiner:-

Tam in. ‘receipt of your favor of the Lsth
“instant. in regard: ‘to: the 2ilns which Mr. Edison has oon}
sented ‘to loan for use during the Camp Co-Operation meeting
to ‘be held during the: first week in September.
<: will attend to having the films and open

so that you wii have: them ‘about a week in advance of the

time that. you denire to ‘use them, and’ presume this will give
you plenty. of opportunity to’ become familiar with them.

i , Yours very traly,

Gedy A.

we pend lcce de t. eae

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PS Ss yuiside st ts

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August 16¢h, 1913

Mr. Richard T. Perrin,
p. C. Brenner & Co.-,

Le1l So. Third Street,

pouisville, Fy-

Dear Mr. Perrin:-

I was indeed quite surprised when I received

etter of the 3rd instent after a lapse of oo many years Since

your 1
I heve read your letter with a great dea

last we met. 1 of

interest.
other very distinotly, and alse

I remember your mi
hat I occupied.
at it is very interesting

The

+he house and the little room re} So much has trans-

e since those early days th
emories have their way.
queer lot of

pired in my Lif
p for a moment and let old m
hose days were certainly 8
amusement upon the

to sto

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boys and I Look back with a great deal of

pranks they used to play-

I am gl
trust that you may prospe
have not a picture of ny

ad to learn that the world has been feir-

ly kind to you and ry during the renainder
I am sorry that x

of your days.
you would perhaps like one of

y at hand, put thinking thas
u one by this mail.

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Friend Brunk: = on oe ;

I am in receipt of your favor of the 13th
instant, enclosing a newspaper clipping which inéicates that
I axpect to attend the meeting of the O14 time Telerrephers'
Histcrioal Association. . A few weeks ago I had planned to
take an automobile. trip which would pring me up there in time
to meet with the boys, but my fomily engaged a cottage up in
Maine, and insisted on my going with them, 580 I have been
obliged to give up my proposed Michigan trip.” .

I am glad to learn that you are still in the
tend of the living, and trust that all is going well with

you. ;
Regretting that I shall be unable to heve

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August 23rd, 1913.

“re “We He Mil rigs,

Reco ing. Rooms,
79. - 5th Avenue,

New York City

LBL in - 2 A

Dear Mr. °

You will remember that some time ago Hr.

Edison eapprived: the Kinetophone Waltz, which was composed
by Prof. ini Romans. We sent you the music which was

written in pa: 3 for ‘tle orchestra. - I don"t want to

interfere with any of your arrangements, nor suggest any-
thing that Hr. Edison woul& not approve, but: vhen you
come in again mould it not: be well to ask hin whether you

‘shsll make a reoort ofthis, as the title is mrtioularly
appropriate these lays:
Yours very truly,

Sie f
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August 23rd, 1913

The Survey;
‘105 East’ 22na St.,

Kew" Mork City.

Be woo, Lets

Bales: -

I received your favor of the 19th instant,
on ‘tine , _ together with the stage proof of the various articles
‘and 4llustrations in regard to ‘Fancational motion pictures.

i have been so extremely busy day and night this week that I
“have been unable to write you before.

"If at is not too late there is one rather
important matter that should go in some where, and that is the
‘fact that the re. is:to be furnished to the teachers with each
one of: these edticational filme a printed ‘explanation, 80 that
76% of the time will -be taken up by explanations of each section
of the film. The brief. explanations on the filme themselves
are buta emall part of that which will be furnished to teachers.
In addition it might be wdll to mention that’ all films will be
tested on children before they are issued to the schools, so
that there will be no doubt of their being understood by the
pupils when they are ‘presented as part of the study.

‘Yours very truly,

August 25th, 1915. .

; ; “Once nore .I must ask you to pardon the delay
in replying. to your recent favor. I am exceedingly busy these —

days.

Now to answer your questions’ seristim. (1} The
house, of whioh model is shown in librery photogreph is the first
type of workinpgman's house which Mr. Edison proposes to make in
one piece. The moulds -for this are about 60% completed, hut he
has been obliged to lay this project aside for the time being
until he has more time 4o complete it. . TI enclose herewith &
pooklet about it. (2) The stetue near the model. house i3 one
which Hr. Edison purenased at the Paris Fxposition in 1869. It

is by the italian sculptor, Bordiga, and the title of the work is
"triumph of Electric Light over Gas." You will See that the
figure is seated on @ ‘broken gas. lemp I send you a separate
photograph by this meil. . ,

In regard to the photographs of the pictures
you have mentioned from the biography of Mr. Raison, published by
‘Harper you must please bear in mind that these ere copyrighted as
part of the book, and I think that it would be pest for you to
write to Harper & Brothers first, asking their permission to use
ther + You can say that I suggested this end-thet I can furnish
you with copies of the photographs so that you may reproduce them
yourself. You must please bear in mind that Harper & Brothers
would have to have recognition of this in your took. .

I have shown Mr. Edison your letter and have
spoken to him about the message, but he. is unvilling to do this
for many reasons which cannot well he’ explained.

Allow me to thank you for the copy of the new
addition of the How and Why Library which you have so kindly sent
mee I have taken it home and am enjoying it as-often as I can
get a chance. to read it. showed it to Mr. Edison and he said
it was a pretty good book for home. (Please do not quote him)

Yours very truly, .°

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GL cbhiccaes et

August 25th, 1915.

Mr. Je Robert Crouse,

Yela Pa
Oleveland, Ohio.

Dear Mr. Crouse:-

I am in receipt of your favor of the 21st instant,

recitation. of your very kind offer to hold

and beg to express my appr
he Island until 1 succeed ‘in doing

n the invitetion to.come Up to t
I shall make af noble ‘effort some day-

ived the two hundred and fifty re

and -* ‘spoke to Mr mareon about

ope

ite

I rece Smoaused

letters from Givert Hubbard yeaterday,
-. He has been working ol

s garrying out his agreement t
1 bunch of them with his signature

the remainder of them and Tf will

1 night every night this week

them at once- .
o sign them and has

except one, but he i

already aglivered to. me a smal
He- will undoubtedly sign

attached -
get them all ot to ure Hubbard at the earliest possible moment. Mey ah,
I. ave made all the arrangements to pend a lot of

films up to Dr- Gardner, and positive 4nstructions heve been issued

1 be shipped this morning by express.
we are sending you some of the re

and Dr. Gardner will have time enough to look them all over and see

tn addition to

that they shel
gular pictures,

' the educational films, w

what is available for your uses.
Yours very truly,

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August 25th,

wd Mr. W. Jd. Wallace Hamill,
ON _ + § Whellock Road,

i - Chiswick,

a London, ¥. England.

Dear Mr. Hamill:
I am in’ receipt of your fevor informing me of

the orgenization end objects of the West London Phonogrepk end

Graphophone Society, ell of which has had my attention. In

my opinion the originator of this idea is deserving of con-

gretulation.
You ask me if I am willing to be considered as

a patron of this Society, and beg to say that it gives me muck

pleasure to reply in the affimative.
"Yours very truly,

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Auguat 25th, 1913.

Mr. Beaty Rawle, Vice President,

The Celluloid Company,

290 Ferry Street,

Newark, H. J.
Dear Sir:

. I am in receipt of your fevor of the

2let incstent in regard to the use of poles for seacon-
ing our tubes.

In reply let me say thet I have tried to
imagine why the pole: scheme would take up any undue amount
of extra apace, as the poles could be placed in racks, and .
when they are in the tubes, they would not take up any
extra space. The collapsing and indenting of the
tubes that we are experiencing at the present time produces
strains and is getting serious.

Yours very truly,

5 tan ign mes ma a ace

sepa iepaperienn ya!

August 25th, 1913

¥r. KM. CO. Wentworth; Manager,
Wentworth Hall-and. Cottages,
Jackson, White Mountains,
‘New Hampehire -

Dear Mr. ‘Wentworth:

Allow me to thank you for your very kind
favor of? the 21st ‘Inatent, which has heen read with a

great deal of interest and pleasure. It is e source

of much gratification to me to learn that irs. Ilsen has

made such & favorable impression upon you and your guests.

I find thie to:be the universal opinion wherever she has
been, and it is. source of great pleasure to me to learn:
€hat I have been so ably represented by her.:

oe Your kind words in regard to the performance
of the Diamond Disc phonograph. are mich appreciated.
After my years of hard work to make the -phonograph @ more
perfect musical instrument, it is indeed a ecompande to

learn that I have succeeded in pleasing the lovers of good

: music °

: Yours very truly, .
Rm

a ckcasmeubas ined bcnenial Ave?

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139

1913.

I. am in® ceipt of your esteemed favor of the
25th instant, and am*¥ery glad indeed to be fevored with a
few lines from you.

'. Mr. Edison was very well when he left ‘ahs for —
Meine early on Sunday morning. His family is up there, and
he bas gone to join them for about ten deys. He really needs
and deserves a rest and ohange, for he haa not had any vace-
tion for about two years and has been working as hard eas ever.
It is really wonderful how he maneges to keep at it with the
Bame old vigor for 18 to 20 hours a day-

i remenber hearing something said about a sample
of calcium tungstate that he made many years ago, which was
very much brighter than barium platino cyanide, but i never
saw the particular sample referred to. I. am very much in-
clined to your opinion: that it was either very much better than
any that has ever been made since or else.that the sample of .
barium platino cyanide that it was compared with must have been
a poor one, for 1 never saw any of the calcium salt which would
compare with barium pletino salt.

1 spoke to Mr. Kd@ison some time ago about your
kind offer to come down some day and bring some liguid air with
you, and he was greatly pleased ‘at the prospect of seeing it
for he has never seen it at all. He has been so fearfully
pusy, hewever, and concentrated upon the ultimate details of
the Dise phonograph and other things that 1 could not see any
prospect of his being able tc devote an hour or 80 to seeing
some experiments with the liguid air. However, 1 hope that
later on this coming rall, when we all get back from our vaca~
tions 1 may have the pleasure of making an appointment with you
s0 that you can come down and have a little fun with us.

Trusting that you and Mrs. Andrews are quite well,
and with kind regards, I remain

Yours very truly,

iy 1. Ore

AN
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august 26th, 1913. |

scanaigeenritonsde ounce ues 4 Mis Uypgaaiis congas SAE Spice ad cos

Dr. 2, M. Gardner,
Association lsland,
| Sacketts Harbor,
| Hew York. |
! Dear Dr. Gardner:~ |

I sant you Saturday by. express, prepaid, mo-
tion picture films of the following subjects: 1

Kicroscopic Pond Life
Crystallization
Magnetism {four reels)
Gecropia Moth

Bessemer converter

The yvoctor

Polo Ganes

Sinle, indis

Famous Duel

pa aes

Seca

and yesterday, by express, & film showing §ffects of Electric
Currents i trust these were all safely received and found
satisfactory:

These sane films, or some of them, are to be
used at the Edison Convention at vooperstowm, N. Y. on
September 10th, on whioh occasion our Mr. HM. R. Hutchison will
be present to teke charge of matters in behalf of Mr. Edison.

manana se RESET REET Sy TEP

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I therefore write to ask that you will kindly
oar all the above films not later than September 6th, by express.
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KM. R. Hutchison,
Cooperstowm, hew xork »

marked "Hold until called for." Will you kindly give instruac-
¢ions to pack the films carefully?

In order to make sure thet this matter is thorough-
Ly understood I will ask you to kindly acknowledge receipt of
this letter, and oblige: -

Yours very tiuly,y: 7 = AS

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/ j Aug. 27, 14.
EBdizon Crushig® Ro oe.

ur. 3. 5S. e, Pur. Agt..
St willie, New Jersey.

Dear Mr. Opdyke:-
This will acknowledge receipt of your
letters of recent date enclosing statements of royalty

on stone crushed during July 1915, and ctecka which
accomaniad them, as followsie

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Kelley Ieland (Akron) 1628.73

Kelley Ieland (Marblehead & W.R.)} 1372.68

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Solvay Process Co. 874.92

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Fhanking you, 1 am.

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Yours very truly.

Assistant Secretary.

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Sept, 6th, 1913.

Teceipt of your fevor o£ the 5th
ad to ‘hear from you. I think the newspaper
his ilinmess have been exaggerated, as L understand he
fg cold, and naturally aid not wish to be bothered while
he was teking a little vacation. It is doubtful whether anyone
will ever persuade him to take life a little easier, for I think
he is incorrigable in regard to working hard all the time-

I shall take great pleasure in showing hin | Race chipping

from the Electrical World, and he will be undoubtedly Bag “0 ‘de
“ey

that there is another one who remembers his ont easel, ‘hades.

Mr. Berggren has been sick pag, te, rey at Atlantic City
recuperating. fhe last accounts 1 haa. f¥om him a day or two ago
ere quite encouraging - I nope, “b9 zet avey for a vaction when Mr.
Edison returns, which I think. ‘S411 be about sonday or rue sday.

There is Sfie thing i am going to ask of you, and trust
it will not be asking too much. If it is,please be frenk and say sO.
I am desirous. of getting e few ideas about Luminous peint, as I
understand that you have made guite some experiments slong this line.
Tf it is not asking you to divulge sonething yhich is confidential,

I should be very glad to get any formulae that you may see fit to

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Mr. Thomes Graf,
Friedrichstresse 10,
Berlin, Germany.

Deer Br. Graf:

Herwith I beg to hand you two letterswhick
have reached nere, contuining application for a territory
for the Kinet: phone. Will you kindly sive these your
attention.

I also hand you a lot of papers from & man
by the name of August Sedlacack. Tis man.is en inventor,
who hesapparently filed ccne competitions with the patent
offices on Kinetopnones. Mr. Edison dees not wish to ‘1
look into the matter at sll, and we think it is best not !

to write to him direct from here, 60 &8 to give him no
opportunity of saying ue has had a letter from Mr. Fdison.
Will you please therefore reply to his letter and return
his papers, stating that Mr. Edison is not interested in
his patent.

yours very truly,

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Sept. llth,

Miss Catharyne Cooke,

% The East Side House Settlement,
‘eth St. and Kast River,

New YorE.

Dear Miss Cooke:

In reply to your favor of the 9th
instant to Mr. Bdison, he reyguests ue to Bay thet our
factories are so leaded down with work a8 to gause & great

deal of demoralization if we allow visiting parties.

Therefore, for the present, Mr. Edison haa been obliged to

rescind the visiting privileges, and we shall not be able |

to arrange for the yisit you mention.
Yours very truly,

Edison heboratory.

Stpr. 15th, 1913.

Mr. C. F. Henderson,
Pp. O. Box 1564,
Milwankee, #18.

Dear Sir:-

Your favor of the 9th instant to Mr. Edison
came duly to hand. As you have probably noted from the news-
papers, he has been confined to his home with sickness during
the last few days- Hence ,I think it yell to communicate
with you at once.

You will quite readily appreciate the fact
that meny applications are made to Mr. Edison to have parties
from various Associations visit the Laboretory and plant. He

he affirmative to many of such applications in
Pp : obliged
to suspend
upon the time and attention of himself and staff.
had visiting Associations here he has insisted on giving up his
work in order to meet the members personally, which has frequent-
ly necessitated his working late into the night to catch up.

At the present writing he is confined to the
house by sickness, and while 4t is not of an alarming nature and
he is progressing very satisfactorily, his doctor wishes him to
remain at home all this week in order to ensure a complete re-
covery. He is very anxious to get back to work. ¥ven if he
returns to the Laboratory next monday he yould naturally be
feeling somewhat weak, and there will be an immense amount of
delayed business of an important nature awaiting his attention,
which will require a few days’? hard work to dispose of. As
the proposed visit of your Association would be the next day,
the 23a, you will see it would be somewhat of a severe trial for
him, even if it were later.

In view of the circumstances, I think it will
be quite apparent to you that the present is not a propitious
time for ea visit of the members of your Association to the Labora-
tory and plant. Buch as I regret to announce this disappoint-

ing news to you, I think it is best to writ
the facts before you. SONG ee oe

Yours very truly,
LIM id [

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Assistant to Mr. Raison

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Septe 20ne, 1913.

Mr. John F/Monnot,

Edison fmulators, Lta.,
46 Old Bond street,
London, ¥-, Ynglend.

Dear Mr. Monnot:

Your favor of the 5th 4nstant was receivede BI e
‘Raison has been confined to the house for fhe Last two weeka with
sickness, and has been uneble to see anyone or a@iseuss any paste

neas mattere until the last two days.

I sent your letter up at the ef ridest yoruind

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moment that it was permitted, and he gent word dorm to me Se gable
aig eonsent to listing the steeck if it becomes absolutely --cessary.
i therefore gent yor the Poliowing cables
FX consent to listing stock if St becomes absolutely
neoussarys a ,
7 Baioon."
Iam able tea inform pou that Mr. Edison is improv-

ing rapidly and expoots to be sown at the Taboratory again by about

next Wednesday.

With kind regari. ° remein

Yours very truly,

4,
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Sept. 22nd, 1913~-

Wiss Helen Ormsbee,

% The sew york Kdigon Uo.-,
55 Duane street,

New York.

Wy dear Riss Ormsbee:~

I must ask you to kindly excuse the long delay in
replying to your favor of the 29th ultimo. Mr. Edison's
absence has kept me exceedingly busy, and I have had no opportun~
ity to look as fully into the matter as 1 desired until now.

The central stations mentioned in your letter as
having been opened either jin 1882 or 1883 are quite correct 80
far as 1 can check up- . I have been looking among my pepers in
order to see if l coulda supply you qith the figures showing the
number of lamps and cepitalization of moneys invested in these
stations, but 1 am unable to find anything reliable.

In the early days there were bulletins issued, be-
ginning in 1882. From that year until 1885 they were issued by
Major Haton, but a new series 8, issued later by Mr. 8. H.

Johnson. 1f neither Mr. nor Mr. Williams should happen to
have a set of these bulletins, ¢ am quite sure you will find a

set of each of them in the Office of Mr. W. H. Langman, 165 Broad-
way. J have already examined the set of Major xaton's bulletins,
which by the way 1 used to help prepare, but do not find in them
the information that you desire.

If you cannot obtain the information you want from
the above sources, the only other sources that i can think of ere
the "Minute Book" of the sdison slectric Light Compeny, now in
possession of the General flectric Co., and the “archives” of the
central station companies mentioned.

Regretting thet I cannot furnish yo
specific information, I remain ae

Yours very truly,

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Sept. 22nd, 1913.

-of. Luigi Komano,
ation A, Box 23,
“7 Yorke

car Sirs-
I have received your favor of the 15th instant,

ynd am very glad to jnform you in reply that Mr. Raison is
-aking very favorable progress towards recevery, and we ex-
the Laboratory some time next

aot that he will come down to

week-
In regara to your Yinetophone Waltz, 1 simply

yant to repeat what I have written you pefore, namely, that
_4 was sent over to our Recording Rooms and is put on the

told you, they have a

ist there for recording - As I
inetophone Waltz

e to record, and the Z

varge quantity of musi
recorded in its turn.

sill heve to take its place and be

Yours very truly,

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Seyt . 24th, 1915

Mr. A. W. heonard,
% Stone & Webster Ranarerment Assoc. ,
147 Bilk »otre2s, Boston, MesS-

Dear Mr. Leonerd:-

Iam in receipt of a letter from Mr.
Je. Hill, steting thet you are at the present time
in Boston and expect to run over to New york for a day

end that yon would like to run out to the Laborstory and
meet Mr. "dison.

Fortunately, it happens that Hr. mdisou
has just returned to the ‘Taho ratory after his iliness-
He is down for a few hours today, and ma expect him here
every day from now on. He seys that he will he gled to

see you if you are coming on to New York and will run over
to Orange.

Any day this week (expect Saturday after-
noon)or any deynext week will be quite satisfactory to hin.
Will you Kindly drop me a line and let me know when you
expect to come over, and I would suggest: that when you get
to New York you telephone over to me (908 Orange) and state
what time you would expect to be out here, 80 that we wey
make sure that Mr. Faison will be on hand to meet you.

You come ont to Orange by the Lackavenns
Railroad, get off at the Orange station, Walk a plock up
to the main street, take a trolley going to Vest Orenge,

and it vill- let you of f right at the Iybo ratory.

Yours very truly,

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Asaiotant to Ur. Madison.

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Mre. Mary A. Matthews,

R.R. $2, Bex 161,

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Dear Zadam:~

xour favor of the 12th instant tor.
Waieon wes received. Mr. Edison has been absent from

the laboratory for more than two weeks on account of
siekness, But will be here this week. Of course, you
can well understand that there will be a large acocumula-
tion of “business waiting for hie attention, but as soon
as we can get to it we will call his attention to your
song ani ask him whether or not he will want to use it.

. Youra very truly,

WAison Laboratory.

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Mr. 5. Bergmann, re
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Berlin ,Germany- a
Dear Bergmann:- te
ny
ae Mesdoweroft told me that you wanted me to take te
fe
a look at the bill which had been rendered by the Storage Battery ‘
Company for the Iron Yeading machines, the 6 moulds and some emall
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gcoescories. He esid that you thought it was. very high indeed 4
and wanted me to look at it #0 that I could eee if some reduetion i
could not be made. |:
Let me say in explanation that the bill is sit [
right, as the few dron loading machines we use have always been ‘
mate at the Laboratory by tool makers, and they cost more than if i
a number of them were being mate. ghere were too few of then 4
requixea to have them done outaide with jige ani tools. You will i
quite unéerstam the high cost. from this explanation. |
| AL om just back at the Laboratory after more than f
| {
two weeka confinement in the house with sickness. “Tt am feeling {
ali right agein now. |

Yours very traly,

I piapane you will be very. giad to learn. that.

‘yr. Edison is feeling | all! ight | again and ‘te ‘back, at the Labora-

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tory. oS “Jugt: at present ‘He. aoéa not pend. 8 ‘full aay exe but
gets around about. 9: 30) and ‘leaves about’ 5200+ ae ‘Weh hin this is

juet mere ‘gnala's: play, ‘but ve ail’ ‘nope. “that “he wil not get back

to his’ old ‘habit. of. ‘burning the mianizht od: : : You never can tell,

for he 4a {acoreigible hen it comes. to work = als : ee,
Mire. Edison ia ‘keepige’ pretty olose ceaee on him
just now. — Be ‘Lodks very weil and has nade a good recovery.
With kind regaris, I renein

. Yours very ‘tealy,”
Mirgs

Sept. 29th, 1913.

Se OMS A TEEN

852

Sept. Sith, 1913.

Your favor of the 22nf ultimo reached |
me On my retura to the Yaboretory after more than a nonth's

absence. tat me aay in feply to your question thst the

whole achene ws abandoned, as the people who owned the

grant made falee. vepresentationsené r quit. We had not
got as far as the special meohizery up to that tine.
Yours very truly,

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Sept. 30th, 1913.

yr. J. Be Ballentine,
-, $- O11fford Bxploration Compeny.
_ Georgetown, Colorado.
wy dear Wr. Ballentine:
-L-beg to acknowledge receipt of your esteemed favor

of the 22n4 instant, and em glea to heer from you. Tr. Wiison

go for the first time since he left here
Re has been guite sick, but has now recovered. He

August 25th.
5 away agein before 5:00 ofclock-

His wife is looking out for that- She prings him down and comes for

Ho night work just now.

nim in the grening:
he came back before t could go.

I had to wait until

away, and then after he hed bean here two oF three days 1 fell sick
and am just going to siose up my matters to~

commencing to-morrow.

with a very bad coid,

aay and g0 for a vacation,
I think it is very wise of you to keep as posted
ag that makes @

ter to gr.

as to just what progress you are making ous there,

record which we keap on file- 1 havé shom your yet

ted ite contents with satisfeotion-

gaieon and he has 20
and that you will make

Trusting that you are weil

good progress, ZY remain
Yours very tly.

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% Poget Sount fraction, Tight & Power Co., |e
204 Pioneer Butltting, Tortie >
Seattle, Washington. F .
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Dear Wr. Mili: * a
Fae BEM ESS ce
deor sr Lureweived your,esteemed favor of the 22nd instant eS
phir eae to motich piotared, ebout which we have hed previous corres-~ :
pondence. : , :

-: Get me say for your information that Nr. Madison doen
not consider himself far enongh'along in his strictiy e@ucational
achool filme ‘to: take ‘ip these large. subjects,.and hs is uo where’
near ready to. consider them ‘in relation to that special branch of
the motion picture business.

pemesgA
penne

“He therefore looks upon all theee. Claas in their :
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relation to the reeulay motion picture business, oh ig worked
through the film exchen

gea in the reguler way. showed him your |
letter, ana this ia a aopy of his comments upon it: an:
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"Industrial ploture® are not acceptable to the ie
trade, and we have always failed to get even the |
‘amallest percentage of our costa back”, | es
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you will see therefore that ne ie not favorably inclined towards i
making the plotures that you mention. L
I am glad to say that fr. Rdison ie down to the iu
Laboratory every day and feeling very well. e comes down only i
about 9:30 and goea azay again by 6:00 o*olock. The dostor | a z fi
particularly reqnested him to take it easy for a week or two, av |
we are all very gled that thie time he is diaposea to take the i
advice of the doctor. : by
with kindest regards, 1 remain ' A

Youre very truly,

390

Sept. 30th, 1915.

S oby

Proudfoot’s Commercial Agency,

149 Broadway,
few York City-
Dear Hr. Prowdfoot:. : :
I. send you herewith sone papers relat-
ing to the Anti-Cigarette Teague of America: Will you
kindiy give me a report on this and oblige

Yours very truly,

Thee

%D. Van Nostrend Company,
Twenty-Five Park Place,
Yew: York: .
Dear ‘Er. ‘spetre:
I beg to acknowledge receipt of your favor of the

Br. C. EB. Speirs,

25th instant, and also copy of Prof. ‘Sones* book "Hew Era in

Chemistry”, which you have kindly sent forEr. Waison- handed

it to him thie morning ani I suppose there is ne need to tell you
that he went to work mit right away- Anything in Chemistry is

surficient to attract his attention immediately. He ie very

pleased with your thoughtfalness, and wishes me to extend his thanks

to yea for your courtesy ia aending him this book.

ion gied to say thet he is Feeling well again
ana is able to come down to the Laboratory every day. There is
no more burning of the midnight oil Just nowy ~but you can never
tell.

With kind regarie, I remain
Yours very truly,

Sept. 30th, 1913.

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of that tine. © On returning to work #:find your kind letter
ani the verses you wrote at the little Mount Olenens office.

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gard to your verses. £12 -Y oan Jo is to acknowleige their

receipt and also to express my appreciation of the very kind
thoughts of me which you and my old friends share@ on the occasion
of your recent visit to the well remembered scenes of my youth.

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Getober 9, 3933.

fo Whom It May Concern:-
Tis is to certify that
Mr. Allen Hinchcitff wae employed in the machine

shop of thie Laboratory during his summer vacation.

His services while here were entirely satisfactory

and he left of his own- accord to acmplete his

college training.

Octezser ¥, 1923.

Mr.v Allan Hincholif?s, a
218 Lewis Avenue,
Brooklyn, Bew Yorr.

Dear Sir:-
Replying to your letter of the 5th instant
’ gsking for a reference while in our employ. beg to A
*ny that while you were here Mx. Clancy informe me
that you only operated a lathe; that be had never ;
tried you on the other machines. Your services au :
| the Lathe however were satisfactory and iI az
enclosing a refarence which I hope will help you
"get the position you desire. i

Yours very truly,

Paynaster.

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Oot. 6th, 1913.

Replying to youra of the 22nd ult.
Phanking you for your thoughtfolness

regariing the copy of the New York Maily Graphic of April

2nd, 1878 which you sent me under separate oover.
was received and found’very interesting indeed.

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October il, 13.

Johny H. Wood, Eaa.,
186 Broadway,
Hew York City.
Dear Sir:<
Bir. Edison does not care to carry insuranos
any longer on the buildings nt Menlo Park. Will you
Please cancel all policies and send credit memo for

any rebate.

Yours very truly,

thes tet

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October 16, 1913,

Mr. Win. J. Hammer,

153 West 46th Street,

New York City.
Uy dear Hanmer:-«

Allow me to thank yeu for your favor
oP the 8th instant and also for the framed set of
photographs of "The William J. Hammer Historical

Collection of Incandescent Electric Lamps. I

snell accept these photographs with pleasure, and

“will have them hung in my library here.

After all the years you have spent
on this Collection, you are to be congratulated on
the completion of your labors in the final setting up

and arranging of the same in its permanant home.

Yours very-trtly,

hes ot ai eae

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Oot. 20th, 1913

Br. C. F. Albdes,
635 Broadway, —
New York City.

Dear Sir:
In reply to yours of the 10th instant

regarding Prof. Becernyz's advertisement, Mr. Edison

directs me to write you that all he knows of Mr. Beoernys is

that he came to the Laboratory and Yr. Rdison‘showed hin
some acientific results from records of different singers.

He has a very even voice, but as to his methods Mr. Eaison

knows nothing about them.

Yours very truly,

Sai)

Seoretary.

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Oct. 20th, 1913.

Mr. Leland Hume,

% Cumberland Telephone & Telegraph Co.,
Nashville, Tenn.

Dear Sir:-

Replying to yours of the 9th inst.
regarding an ola style Graphaphone, Mr. Edison directs me
to write -yon that he had a number of theae o14 machines
but they were all destroyed. He thinks perhaps Alexander
Bell at Washington could tell you where you could get one-
He never made that type of machine.

Yours very truly,

CEs ae Prue

Secretary.

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Oct. 20th, 1913.

The Philadelphia Medical Publishing Co.,
302 H. Broad Street,
, Philedeiphia, Pe-

Gentlemen: -

Replying to yours of the llth
inst., Mr. Edison directs me to write you to cance} his
subscription to the "american Journel of Gastro- Ente ro-
logy"as he does not want it any more.

Yours very truly,

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Octe 21, 1913.

Janes Oliver, Esq.,
123, Harley St... W..
London, England.

Dear Sire

Your letter of the 9th instant received.

It wae understood that I was to design the plant,
vut unknown to me Mr. Lawrence hired my chief draftaman
and teok him to England. This man was an Englishman who
committed suicide after the mill failed to work.

During the time he was designing it a few drawings

were sent over for my approval. These were returned with
changes, but many I believe were not carried out.

I was told by one of the pergons interssted in the
Dundeziand Company that Mr. Simpkin was sent te Americe. at

one time with a Large number of drawings. He came to the
Laboratory but never exhibited any of them.

I have always been astonished that they’ should not
have. taken advantage of the great experience I had in this
line, attained at a great cost, and which I was anxious to
mixes free of expense. The large Cement works which X

eaigned, with the same kind of machinery and a far harder

problem, has been working now for many years without a
hitch.

I feel sure that if Mr. Lawrence had not interfered
and permitted me to design the whole plant. Dunderland would

have been a very successful company. ae,
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Generai Electria Ca-,
Francis C. Pratt, Bsq.,
Assistant to President,
Schenectady, New York.

Dear Sire

. Your letter of the 23rd instant regarding
SILICON steel received. The meweage wae not correctly
tranacribed, it should have readew>

"Please ship three hundred pounds nine
thousandths thick".

Mr, Edison wants to use the steel in motors,
thease have a very high speed, therefor want the sheets
thin as possibile. The manufacturers say they roll
this nine thousandths of an inch thick. He understands
this steel gives more magnetism before saturation
occurs, than the otdinary steel.

If you have any of the thin eteck he mould
like to have one hundred pounds by express (Wellies Fargo):
and the balance, two hundred pounde, by Lackawama
freight direct to Orange, New Jersey.

If you have none so thin in stock, could you
order some from the makers.

Your urgent attention in the matter will be
appreciated.

Yours very truly,

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October 27, 19135.

Mr. Samuel Gardner,
3055 Tiffany Street,
New York Cityo

Dear Sir:-

Replying to your letter of recent date Mr.
Raison directs me to write you to select @ big lot
of VIOLIN pisces, not usually played by Spaiding and
he will select six. After you have played them for
him you can make them on the disc.

Yours very tru2zy,

apis Ff -:

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Ootovsr 27, 1913.

Kr. John Howell,
General Blectric Coc,
Harrison, New Jersey.

pear Sire
ur. Edison would like to know if you nave

n lamps with caxbon ¢ilaments

‘wade any of the Nitroge’

instead of ‘Tungsten.
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Yours very teuly,

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Deutsons sdigon-akkumlavoren-Company, u.m.d.H.,
Deonthelimerstr. 35-058,
Dérlin, Germany.
Gentlemen:-

Your Letter or ine létu ingt. with enclosures uas veen
reocived. X return nersawith one vopy or the agreement auly exe-
euted oy ae. In accordance with your request the agreement hue
veen dsted vanuary 1, lyvld. The list or pavents cited is complete

\ &e Ler as the records ox my Legal vepartment snov. 1£, uOWever, 1
have other cermen, austrian or sungarian pavents relating solely vo
storages c@uteries which uave veen Kept alive anu are nov inoluceu in
tos salu lisv, — am willing vo include vhusy anu will vo 00 in uv
separate letter. In tne weanvins . awpit rurtner inrormavion rrom
you On unis poine.

With repard to une word manuractured” Used in -lauses v
unu & OF thy ugrecment, my posivion is tnab 1 am entitied to royel-
ties on all culls wanurecutreu utring view Lite oF the ugreement ana
not werely Ou Those eotutlly solu, iuaumuca us ~ migns otnerwise ve
deprived of royalties to wnicn I am entitled oy tne rentai or other
aisposition of the cells. I will, nowever, not require you to pay
royalty on any oell prior to its snipment from your ractory, this
concession being made without prejudius to my right to reoeive a

miniuum royalty or Sixty Thousand Merks during each year o% the

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agreement. Kindly @dvise me if this concession is satisfactory
to yon. Otherwise then as herein mentioned, I ao not consent
to any wmoétfication or alteration ot the agreement, and ao not
agrees to your iitarpretation of the same as set forth in your
seid letter of the 18th inet.

Very truly yours,

NE A

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Nov. 4th,

Noodety for Electrica} Development, Ino.,

Tew York.

ZI have been greatly interested in perusing
the taphlet aanling with the principles, plens, and methods
ei monbkersnip o2 your Soolety, and an much imprenaed wath
“tha wisdon Aigpleyed in ita sonception.

: it ia indeed remarkable that, in a dneiness

ek zueh phenovitnal growth and heaving such keanly competi-

tive laterssts, there gould be evolved e plan sufficiontly

canprehensive to at once bring about an inenloujable ine
orease of business to’ the gooa of all concerned while not
in the least disturbing the benefitm of proper aompatition.
If the objeeta of your Sooiety are carried
ont a&S now proposed JT thitik the next few years will show

an enormous advanca in the nee of slectricnl deriges

Youre yery ten ee

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' Yov., 5th,

Er. Cohn W. Howell,
% Saneral Bleetric Company,

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4 Harrison, K. Je

My dany Mr. Howell: .
Ihave juat returned from ny vacation and i

Mir. H@ison has handed me your favor to him of the 28th ult.

ith carbon filament in

ESSE

in vegard to making some lamps w

E nitrogen. ‘ of course, he quite appreciates the reasons why

you would get eny henefit from nitrogen in

you do not think

the carbon lamps, but he is very much interested te Bee what

4 results you do get. :
E He has asked me to keep track of the matter

w once in awhile
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whether you have made any of the lemps-
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Nov. 6th, 1913.

Mr. L. H. Satiner,
#64 Holley St.,
- Flushing, H. Y.
Dear Brother Tatimer:~ -

I received your kind favor of the 19th ultimo while I~

sere 2

was still down in Atlantic City on. my vacation ang in the hunt for better

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: health. I am glad to say that I found it and am feeling several

! hundred percent better than when I went away. I didn't answer your i
a latter before thia, as I was prohibited from doing much letter writting. i
H Hence, I shell ask. you to accept my apology for the delay in acknowledg-

FSS

ing receipt of your kind letter.
, It ie my earnest. hope that you have been able to make

some arrangements with Mr. Plimpton in regard to your play. It is
quite unnecessary to say that I aid the utmost that TI could for you.

Our people up there have their own standards, and no one from here ever

Se ee

44 interfers with them or doubts their capacity to pass upon material which

they themselves have to handle. If the matter should not gO as you

wish, do not be discouraged but try again.
I am sincerely obliged to you for all your good wishes

and good thonghts about me, which needless to say are very heartily

reciprocated on my part. Trusting that the passing years are touching

you very }ightly and with kindest regaris, I reiiain

. Youra very truly, } |
7 Wen Sector 5

ov. Sth, 1913-

Mme. Anne EF, Ziegler,
Wetropolitan Opera House,
1425 Broadway, New York.

Dear Yedem Ziegler:-
I have just returie® from my vacation

and find your favor written a few days ago. I have asked fr.
4s Maoguire-
ed with a

aking

Raison in regerd to bringing over Miss Love and E

Juet now he 1s very pusy inde
he cannot Leave, and he 4s not

series of experiments that
He’ requests

any appointme nts while he is 80 busily engegeé-
me to say that as soon as he is through with these experiments,

e two young ladies. It is not

he will be ready to hear th
4t might he a week or two

possible to set any date just now, as

e before he is through, but as Boon 48 he is

reeks or even mor
with you again.

Yours very truly,

#é ?

ready I will communicate

ELA pear Seer ravesec teint ttrcrg Tea PLE ed pre

635

Mov. 6th, 1913.

Mr. J. D. Lyon, President, -
Lee County Realty and ‘Investment Co.,
Fort Nyers, Florida. -
Dear Sir:-

I am in receipt of your favor of the 27th
ultimo, ipussunaite a tract of lend which your Company ia about
to develop for residential purposes, and asking my consent to
your naming it "E@ison Park.” a

Allow me to say in reply that I cannot con~
gent to your so naming it as my wife and family have objections to
the use of my name in connection with enterprises that do not relate

to my business affairs or affiliated therewith, == ————
Yours very ins ,

fhe a &. wen

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Rov. 6th, 1913.

Mr. H. G- Plimpton,

Edison Studio,

2626 Decatur Avenue,

Bedford Park, New York City.

Dear Br. Plimpton: :

Enclosed herewith I beg to hand you @ Jetter
from a Br. Fawin Mitchell of Loa Angeles, Cal., to which te attached
an article from "Sunset" written by this gentleman: You will see
that at the end of his letter Mr. Uitchell statesthat he ia probably
coming. to New York before long and would like to have the opportunity
of looking through our motion picture factory. ZY preanme by this
that he means the Studio. You will note that Mr. Edison has marked
QO. F. on this, but before writing Mr. Mitchell I am sending this note

to you to see if you know of any objections to this proposed visit.

Will you “indly return Mr. Hitchell’s letter with

your reply?.
Yours vary truly,

LR cat, te ‘the oF .

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Nov. 6th, 1915.

Mr. @. G. Taullin,
1904 West 8th Street,
Spokane, Wanhs .

Dear Sir:~

I em in receipt of your favor of the 15th inetant, and
have noted with much interest your suggestion of a Loud laying phono-

graph, to be used in motion picture theatres to furnish music inatead
of the customary piano. There would be no trounle at ail iy pains
a very loud phonoeraph: put I do not think the motion picture theatres
would use it because the pian@ist is aupposed to pley music eas nearly
approvriate to the subject that is et the moment being show as
possible, and, as you know, motion pictures make very rapid changes in
the emotions that are depicted.

, In regard to making a record of my own volae, let
me say for your information that according to mv sont ract arrangenent
with the Sompany this cannot be done for reasons of business policy.

Thanking. you for your kind words and wishes, I

remain

Yours very truly,

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Nov. 6th, 1913.

Ur. F. J. Scherrer,
1929 No. 30 Church St.,
Bew York. ;

Dear Mr. Scherrer:-

I have been so exceedingly busy the test two or
three weeks that I. have not hed time before to acknowledge
recoipt of your esteemed favor of the ‘lst ultimo, and of the
photographa of the o14 Grand Trmmk De pot, Ht. Clemens, Mich.
and of Gol. Wilson sitting at the telegraph &esk in the Gepot in
the act of sending a message to me.

The photographs came sefely to hand, and I an
very vlad indeed to have them. Allow me to thank you very nuch
for your kindness in remembering me with these gopres: I an
looking forward to the receipt of the proceedings of the conven-
tion, whioh I have no doubt will be very Sob aaa a

Yours very. truly,

pO
Pfc Eloi

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Tf. EB. Clarke, Esy.,
De. u. & W. R, R. Co.,
Seranton, Pa.

My dear Mr. Clarke:-

I beg to acknowledge receipt of your eateemed

favor of the 7th instant, enclosing the elipring in regard to

Mr. Fdison ana hie "boss", and have read it with musk interest.

I have also learned from the other paragraph which you marked

that it is well not. to talk too much. That was certainly a

very funny story.

I have laid the matter on Mr. Elisonuts jesk,

and I think that he will take it up home and show it to his

“manager”.

I am gled to say that he hag recovered from

hia ilinegs and 1s working right straight along. He is not

allowed, however, to do any all night stunts at present, and I
hope that the fnture occasions of such will he limite@ in number.
With kind regarda, I remain

Yours very truly,
4 leat

a. ;
LY Sead,

Nov. 10th, 1913.

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Fov. 7th, 1913

Mr- Charles n. Prouty, .
*® Isaac Prouty & Co., a.
Spencer, Mags. :

Dear sir:-

There has been some felay in replying to your
letter, but that has been cocasioned hy my having been so very
busy on some important experiments that could not be nut aside.

Your letter ani a copy of your communtestion to
' the newspapers were both read by me with a great deal of interest.

T am glad to learn that you approve of the riews set forth in the ;
articles published in "The Survey”, and think that your opinions :

in regari to the propor training ef children are hased upon good ;
sound common sense,

Thanking you for your letter and the interest (
manifested by you, I remain ae

Yours very-traly, i :
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Nov. llth, 1913.

His Excellency, .

Guillermo E. Billinghurst,
Lims, Peru. .

Wy dear Sir:~

The reosipt of your telegram affora-

ed me a great deal of pleasure. I sm sincerely glad to

learn that you liked the Kinetophone, even as it is at the

present time. We are working to improve and refine it,

and I think that in time we shall he able to enlarge the
scope of our operations.

With many thanks for your kind con-
gratulations, I remain a

See a Rae as

page PAS

Nov, llth, 1913.

tr. %. 8. Meltory.
' Maison Portland Cement Co.-,
Stewartsville, mw. OY;

Wy fear Er- Wellory:- :
of course, you remember yr, Tolder-
ness, who used to do our soulpture and cenent gr ceating WOTE
| here. As you are aware, @r- Edison let him go some months
since, and he nas a little pisce of his own 4ust below here.
He has made arrangenents with somehody who has been furnish-
ing hin with a Little money, and now he olains to have some-
L thing thet ie of great value in the building line. Te
t eleirs it wonld help Br- Zaison out with the pourel senent
house, and would also be of great value in other directions
for building ant putting up cement houses:

Me is vary anxious indeed to see
you and have jou jook into what he has got in this line, a8
he thinka thst you would he very greatly interested in it.

He wanted to pring it to Yr. Fdison'’s attention, but I saia
that it would be meeless to try and get Ur. Taison's aften-
tion direct to ths matter, hut thet when you came down next .
time to Orange, you would probably 6° aown to his place( which
4s just a fev blocks from here,) ané then if his ideas appear
yaluable to you, they could be explained by you to Wr. Bdicon.
I think this is e much better way to handie it, if, indeed,
4t ia not the only feasible way:

Poa
ee wedeottt anes

f As you know, Holderness is a very

practical man in his particuler line, and he is 80 absolutely

certain that he nas gotten something very valuable, that it

rene me it would probably be worth your while to investi-
oe : Ors

With kind regards, J renuin

yours very truly,

carey
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ov. 11th, 1913.

Er. Famund Mitenell,
2282 Cambridge Street,
tos Angeles, calif.

Year Sir:-
Your favor of the 30th altimo to
ur. Edison, enclosing an article from the November Lape

of "Sunset Magazine", came duly to hand.

Wr. Sdison is erceedingly husy just

‘now on a special line of experiments mhnich he cannot very

well leave, und which has been engrossing his entire tine
and attention the last two or three weeke- Tle therefore
requests me to vrite to you and acknowledge receipt of your
favor and to shank you for your vind interest in sending
him the extract from the Sunset Magesine, which he nes reac
with much interest.

Ju regard to your wish to visit our
Notion picture factory, he: assumes that you mean the Studio
where the pictures are made and all the technical work of
producing motion pictures is done. He wishes me to say in
regerd thersto that he will he very -lad to have you mek
a visit to our Studio in the Bronx, few York City. I have
uritten to Nr. Horace G. Plimpton, the Manayer there, and he
also supplements Er. Hdisor's invitation to pay & visit to
the Studio. Te says that 42 it is convenient for you to
drop him e tine a day or two in pdvanoe he would be pled of

+ and would also he pleased to have you take lunch with him.
You can address Mr. Plimpton et the Rdison Studio, 2826
Tecatur Ave., Bedford Park, Taw York City.

Yours very truly,

Asuistant to Mr. Edison.

MTA EES

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Sr Max. fhompson.,
Hotel Astor,
. James Square, New York.

Dear Mr. Thompson:
Your favor of the 7th anstant to Nr.

Miller. has been received and shown to Hr. Edison. He
Uribe come over on

He may

says that he will be glad to have Prof.

Friday of this
OO and 123

week, af convenient -
00 o'clock in the morning
Please tell

Thursday or

come either -petween 10:

7
: or between: 2:00 and 3:30 in the afternoon.
and I will see to the

bo nim to ask for me at the G
| rast. Pocoas apie woe

if. neither of those days ghould happen
please advise me and we will errange

ate House,

to be convenient to hin,

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Yours very truly,
face? xe i
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Assistant to Mr. Raison.

Nev, Uth, 1913.

“tv, Uy Jd, Dardes, q
2 oraat sorthern R.Re Coo,
Suliaré, Waah o
iear Bitie

I have been agreeably surprised by the
raseipt of your favor of the 3d instant and the photorraph of

my home in ilewellyn Park.

{his is, indeed, an exceptionally fine

pioture, and I want to thank you for it, as well as for your
kindness in complimenting me therewith.

a Ky family suggeste that perhaps you might
jike one of my photographs, so I shall take pleasure in send-
dng one to youe |

Youra very traly,

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General Letterbook Series
Letterbook, LB-096 (1913-1914)

This letterbook covers the period November 1913-February 1914. Most
of the correspondence is by Edison and William H. Meadowcroft. Included are
letters addressed to telephone and utilities executive Theodore N. Vail and to
automobile manufacturer Henry Ford. Several documents concern the
commercial and technical development of Edison’s alkaline storage battery
in the United States and Europe. There are also letters pertaining to public
demonstrations of Edison's disc phonograph and to technical developments
related to the kinetophone, Edison's system for talking motion pictures.
Additional correspondence relates to Edison's health, book acquisitions, and
vacations with his family; visitors to the West Orange laboratory; and the
disposal of land in Ogden, New Jersey, formerly used by the New Jersey and
Pennsylvania Concentrating Works.

The front cover is marked "T. A. E. From, Nov. 13, 1913. To Feb. 14,
1914." The spine is marked with similar information, along with the number
"35." The book contains 697 numbered pages and an index. Approximately
15 percent of the book has been selected.

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The Casein Manufacturing Co.,
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New York.

Gentlemen: -

Your favor of the 10th instant has
bean received and Mr. Bdison requests us to say in reply that
he-is-experimenting with Casein to see if he can use it in
certain processes as a substitute for another material. He
4a not quite ready to place any order as yet until he has
ascertained that it is suitable for his purpose.

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‘Mrs. Richard Percival Evans,
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Dear Mra, Evans: »

. Mr. Edison has received a letter from Mrs, Walter gq,
May, oalling attention to your voice and

musical ability,
ing that yon expect to visit Few York and

and suggest.
would like to go to our

Mr. Edison desires me to

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write and make 4n appointment for teking & record when you visit lew
York City.

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Yours very truly,

Aasiastant to Mr. Edison.

Nov. 13th, 1913.

Mra. Walter G. May,
5123 Sheridan Road,
Chicago, Ills.

Dear Mrs. May:-

Mr. Bdison received your letter in regard to Krs.

Evans, and desires me to say that he would very much like to hear a

trial record of her voice. Mr. Edison's requirements in regard

to voices for the phonograph are somewhat distinctive and unusual,
as you may probably have heard.

He has asked me to write to Mra. Evans steting
that 1f she is going to New York in any event, he would be gled to
have her make an appointment with the Manager of our Reoording Rooms
in that City, and to make a trial record which would be sent over
here for Mr. Edison's own hearing. I am therefore whiting to her
today to this effect.

I presume it is unnecessary to say that when
singers come to our Rooma to make a triel record we do not, pay their
traveling expenses.

I merely mention this to avoid any misunder-
standing.

Yours wery truly,
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Nov. 14th, 1913.

my. Wm. K-L. Dickson,
4, Denman Street,
Piccadilly Cirous,
London, ¥., England.

My dear Mr. Dickson:~

Your favor of the 4th inatant to Mr. Edison was
received ani placed before him.

He wants me to tell you in ‘reply that the news-
paper reports are not true. He is not broken down from over work.
The facts are as follows: His wife and family went to Raine in
the early part of August this year, and he arranged to join them

at the end of the month for a short vacation of two weeks. He worked

very hard day and night all through the month, and had been working
day and night for many months previous to thia time. He went up

to Maine in the automobile, and towards the end of his satay con-
tracted a very severe cold,which on his return Sept. Sth, necessitat-
ea his staying in the house for about two weeks. As some complica-

tions of digestion, etc. had set in. In due time, however, he

returned to the Laboratory and is working here avery day until about
11 ofclock at night. These are the facts.
I trust that you are enjoying good health and
that everything 1s going along swimingly with you.
With kindest regarda and 81) good wishes, I remain

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Dear Sir:-

. Mr. Edison has been fo exceedingly
busy day and night for the last two or three years in com-
pleting his diac phono ph that it has been necessary to
ve some affairs remain in abeyance temporarily. Among
these was the fulfillment of his promise made to you tha
day. you visited the Laboratory and took luncheon with hin.

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multitude of questions that he has only a general, but not
ea definite, idea of what he promised to you. Reside, as
you have probably learned from the newupepers, he has had
an attack of illness which confined him to the house for
some little time. He therefore suggested that I write to

you and ask you to refresh his memory as to the particular
Promise he made.

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Of course, he remembers very well that he
promised some of his motels for your Museum, but just in
what partionlar line and to what extent he does not recall
at this time. i think he said te you in speaking of this
subject that a great many of hie models and machines were
scattered, as he had given many away in former years.

Awaiting the favor of your reply, I rematnz
Yours very truly,

Assistant to Mr. Miison,

Nov. 18th, 1915

Mr. W. R. Preston,
Oceanic House, OX

1 A Cockspur Streét\
London, 8. W. Engiand.

Dear Mr. Preston:-

Your Yavor of the 29th ultimo was receiv-
ed and its contents cafefully noted. I have been excecd-
ingly busy, hence the short delay in reply.

The otntrast we made with Mr. Monnot and
his Company gives them tua right for the sale and use of
the Storage Batteries in the British Isles only. This,
therefore, gives them no right te sell batteries to you when
they are to he used ontside the British Isles. Henoe, I

sent you the following cable yestemay, which is now confirm-
ed: .

"Monnot has no right under contract to sel]1
betteries for use outside British Isles.
This in reference to second peragraph your
letter 29th ultimo. - Letter follows."

I have no desire to suggest or interfere Im
any way in regard to the terms and conditiona under which Mr,
Monnot and his Company are willing to grant to your Company
ay the right to use the batteries for train lighting in the
4 . British Isles, and tnerefore I refrain from offering any com-
ments in connection therewith.

As to the remainder of the world, excepting
Germany, Austriay Hungary, and North America, we have express-
ed our willingness to enter into a contract with your’ Company
as outlined in our letters of the 9th nltimo, and I preswme
this proposed arrangement is still under consideration.

Let me add that there will be no oonflict
as to territorial rights if batteries intended for use outside

the British Isles and other restricted territory are shipped
from here. ad

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Nov. 14th, 1913.

Mr. John B. Miller, President,
Southern California ¥digson Co.,
Edison Building,

Los Angeles, Cal.

Dear Mr. Miller:-_

“I have received your favor of the

6th instant, which I have read with much interest. I

am glad to learn thet your father and mother are enjoying

good health, and espace liy to learn that your father

- feels well enough to feel the necessity of congenial

employment.

In accordance with your request
I am sending you two of my photographs, and trust thet
they will reach you in safety.

With kind regards to you all, I
remain ae /
Yours very truly, a

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Yrs. Robert A. Willer,
17 Yeast 45th Street,
New York City.

Dear Mra. Miller:-

Nrs. Edison has requested me to
write to you in regard to the proper course to he followed
in having a voice tried to see whether it is satisfactory
for the purpose of making Led igh records. I would say
{n repard to this that usually Wr. Fdison desires to hear
all voices himself, and in that case the persons come out
here to the Tahoratory after making an appointment through
me. He is so very busy, jowever, at the present time, and
has been so much occupied with an accumulation of business
matters and experimental work since his illness, that he has
not heard any voices for some six or eight weeks. Te have a
number of singers who are waiting to come out here to be heari,
put no appointments will be made for the next two or three
weeks.

Yrs. Edison stated that the singer
you had in mind was in Chicago. We had 8 letter fron a
lady a fev daya ago asking for an opportunity for a Chicago
singer to be heard and to make a trial resord. I wonder
whether it is the same one that you may have referenne to-
This singer was a Mrs. Walter rig Our corres pondence
stated that Mra. May was coming to Yew York anyway. Henoe,
I followed the conrse that we sometimes pursue when it is
not convenient to have the singer to come out te the Laboratory.
I wrote that if she were coming to Naw Yor she could go to
tne Recording Rooms, 279 Fifth Avenue, and that they would
take a trial record of her vyolae there. Ye alwsya Btate
to those who come to maze voice trials, in order to avoid any
misunderstanding, that we do not pay any expenses of the singer
in connection therewith.

If you ean let me know & little more
definitely about the singer you have in mind, perhaps we can
make some definite arrangements

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Yours very truly,

“.
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“ASST, TO WR. EDISON.

Hov. 14th, 1913.

Mr. Wn. D. Sloane,
2 West Fifty-Second St.,
New York ‘City.
Dear Mr. Sloane:-

I received your favor of the loth
instant in regard to the Edison Storage Rattery affair.
In reply let me say that we have been making about $30,000
per month, but all profits have been put back into the
business. I rather doubt that we shall maintain this
record this month as orders are very slow. The same con-
dition effects all Storage Battery companiea.

Yours very truly,

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Nov. 19th, 1913.

Miss Isabel Thorre,
453 West 155th Street,
New York City.
Dear Mise Thorpe >=
Your favor of September 9th to
Mr. Zdison was received auring the time that he was con-
fined to his house by iliness. - Since he returned to the
Laboratory he has peen exceedingly busy and has only
recently had time to hear the record of the Penhattan
Ladies Quartett. His comment upon it was to the effect
that it was not available for our nse.
Yours truly,

Edison Laboratory:
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fov. fist, 1915-

pr. A. B. Nienstadt,
112 Reservoir Avenue,
Jersey city Heights, B. 3.
Dear Nr. Fienstadt:-

I am in receipt of your favorvof the
19th instant jn regard to the belt compound and in reply.
beg to say that I have talked to our engineer and to the
vice President sbout this matter. They say that if you
will send the six pownd sample can to me 6s you propose, they
will give it 6 fair trial and advise you later whether trey
can use any of it for oar belting-

With kind regards, I remain

Yours very truly,

Pere ea ges a

Nov. 24th, 1913.

C. Ae Coffin, Eeqe,
General. Rleotric Co.,
30 Church Street,
New York City.

My dear Mr. Coffin:-
Replying to your favor of the

18th instant as to whether I consented to heaome one of

the Incorporators of the Association named, let me s8By

that I did. In fact, I signed the certificate of

Incorporation today.
the copy of the Certificate is

herewith returned to you.
; Yours very truly,

i; ee Q. Gleiter

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Novenbder 24, 1913.

Mr. Jacques Loeb, ©
care Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research,
66th Street and Avenue A, New York City, N.%.

Dear Sirse

Enclosed find check. for $25.00; Ur. Eéisants

contribution to the “BRNST HARCKEL FUND FOR HONISH®
as mentioned in your letter of the 14th instant.

Yours very truly,

Has

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lira. Robert Milter,
17 VW. 46th Street,
New York City.

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Dear ®rs. Miller:
= duly received your favor of the 20th inatant and

showed it to Mr. Edison. He wants me to inform you that we have no

errr rcs.
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Place in Chicago where a record conulg be taken of the voice of the lady
whom you mention. ' Our only recording rooms are in New York City, ond

he doubts whether it would pay to go to the expense of making a trip

from Chicago to New York to make a trial record. Of conrse, he cannot
say whether the lady would aonsider it worth while or not, but if she
wishes to incur that expense we shall be very glad to take a record of
her voice at tha Recording Rooms in Hew York City.

If there were any means of taking a record in Chicapfo
we would suggest it. Wany people take records of their own voices in
an amateur way, but that would not mean anything to us as a record

taken in this way would not give any indication as to whether the voice

was of the peculiar kind that would be suitable for mking our phono+
graph recoris. |

i Yours very truly,

aN ot kta OSA

Nov. 26th, 1913.

ur. frederick H. Cowles,

R. P. OD. fh,

Santa Barbara, Cal.

Dear Mr. Cowles: -
I have reGeived your favor of the 14th inatent, regard-

ing the campaign in which you are engeged, and have read its contents

with a great deal of interest.
You ask me if I favor the enactment by the States of

lewa making the teaching of Fire Prevention a part of the reguiar school
OOULES « In reply let me say that I most certainly do favor such 4° he
movement, and helieve that its ultimate velue to the Country would be

beyond present calculations

fhe examples of the proposed eeiada of teaching, 88
quoted 4n your letter, are good. If I may be allowed to suggest, it
would be well < add a plain explanation of the sad results of fires,
such ag euieas: death of relatives and friends, and also the seriousness
of money losses. We are ell too apt to say "don't" without giving the
young mind 4 reasonable reanon therefor. .

With good wishes for the success of the movement, 1

remain

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Nov. 19th,

My. Gilbert BE, Chandler,
% Boston Athletic Assec.,

Exeter Street, Boston, Mass-

Tear We Chandler:-
Referring to your favor of Sept. 15th,

Lat me: say that I have been exceedingly busy for the last
six or seven weeks and have only recently had time to listen
to the"Boston Commandery March". It is my practice to
paes upon all the music that is put on my Diso phonograph.
z have given orders to the Recording Department to make 6
Dise record of the above named march when they reach it in
reguier order.

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Hoecember List 1915.

Nr. E. Meyer, r. of Sales,

Bdison Bortland Cement Co.,

nae |. St. James Blag., New York. |
os Dear Mr. Meyer:- ,
. ' The past: few years the calendars of |
the Cement Company have adorned the Laboratory,
Offices etc, A dozen or 80 would be very much
appreciated by |

Yours very truly, PY : :

Hg Lilie, :

i , Secretery.

Wessra. John ®ullen & Son,
Shamokin, Pa.
Gentlemen: =

Your favor of the 24th instant to Er.
Edison was received, and £ am going to write to you, aa he is
exoeedingly busy day and night on some very smportant work.

You will probably remember me from the
early electric lighting days. I was then major waton's
Secretary, and now am rounding out my career As MY. Falson’s
Assistant. :

I am familiar with el) this Grnikshank
correspondence and regret its existence as it originated in
the first place through Mr. Rdieon's good nature in looking at
the patent papers and dn meking the remarks thereon that he
aid, in order to save Mr. Cruikshank unnecessary expenbee

Let me say for your anformation thet

Mr. Bdison conceived the 4dea of talking motion pictures more
than 25 years ago, and experimental work has been going on in
the laboratory, to a greater or less extent, ever since. When
Mr. Cruikshank's papers came they were pot into Mr. Sdison's
mail basket in the Yegular way, just as we do with anything to
be brought to his attention. On coming to these papers he
prenoee over them, spending less than five minutes in the 2 sad or

don ant then made his memorandum thereon in accordance with his
oustem in disposing of his mail. they were returned with the
rest of the day's correspondence to his Seoretary, who attended
to answering the letters in accordance with the memoranta.
Mr. Piison never san the papers again.

: ; the comments he endorsed on the papers
were mate in view of the inventions that had been made in our
Laboratory and under his direction during the preceding years,
and alse in view of what had heen dene in foreign count

dea.

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Messrna. John Fullen & Son, a

Page ~2-
Dec. lat, 1913.

I have related these facts to you to show that
Er. Gruikshenk's papers did not receive any more special atten-
tion than ‘¥xr. Bdison gives to hundreds of papers of like nature
thet come in his mail. He has no need of ideas from outside
gourcoes, 88 he now has more ifear recorded then he could work
out if he lived to be. 200 years old. He was the originator
of the talking motion picture idea, and it wonld indeed be
atrange if‘he had not ‘had oe complete working plan many years
before Er. Cruikshank wrote to him, especially in view of the
opal are of experimental work that had been carried on here
since . :

I can tell you with certainty that Br. Cruikshenk's

ideas vere already old to.us when he submitted them. Mr.
Baison is fundamentally honest, and broad minded enough to —
realize that he cannot know it all. If he comes across an in-

vention of another men that will be useful in our business he ie
alwaya ready to purehase at a fair price. If ttr. Cruikshank
had submitted a new and useful idea Er. Edison would probably
have signified a willingness to enter into some arrangement
about it. But Hr. Crufkehank did not submit a new Idea, and
now makes the unusual,.fand I think absurd), request ‘that Mr.
Raison diaalose to him the contents of our patent applications.
This is equivalent to a stranger asking a business meh to dis-~
close the contents of his private ledger. As business men
you e&n appreciate this comparison.

As to your position in thie matter, it is ex-~-
eeedingly simple. ou gave a letter of introduction to Hr.
Cruikshank, a fellow townsman, and later advised. hin to send
his papers to ®@r. Edison. You essumed no responsibility.
Mr. R@icon was not anxious to see the papera; - far from it, ~
but consented out of his good nature because he reapected your
introduction. The papers came; he saw. them and found they
contained an old iden already covered, and said so. “mat is
gill there is to it. ®he result at this end is, that sinoe
this matter came up Mr. fdison has adopted a rigid policy of |
refusing to look at inventor's papers unless an application for

patent bas first been filed. By so doing he_ may have to de-
cline doing a good turn for a friend occasionally, but ke will

certainly avoid any such misunderstandings in future.

Trusting this explanation will tend to clear up
the situation so far af you are concerned, I remain

Yours very truly,

Dace Brd, 1913.
Dr. “Wamee Russell Price,
6509 Wentworth Ave.,
Shicago, I11-
Dear Sir:- =
T am in receipt of your favor of
the 30th ultimo, enclosing circular of the Engle, Erimary

Battery.
. In ‘reply let me say: 12) that I
hrow nothing whatever about this battery, and 2) that I
absolutely and uneuuivooelly deny heving made an offer of

any kind for ite Any atatement to the contrary i -

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Dec. Srd, 1913.

Er. Charles He Bact jeny
16 Vest Madison St., —
Baltimore, Md-
Dear Sir:-
I received your recent favor in answer to by in~
quiry, and beg to thank you therefor.
If you are coming over this way in the near future,
Hr. Ralgon would like to have a talk with you. Ae I tola you, there is
nothing ceally defini te at this moment, but he has. some plans in mind and
wil have & chat with you on the subject covered by your savant Serer
ani lettex.
The way to get out here is by the TLeckavanna
Railroad, or if you are- coming to New York on the Pennsylvania Railroad
you could get ‘off at Newark, and take a carat the Pennsylvania Railroad
Station at Market St. This trolley should be marked West Orange, and
will bring you to the Lahoratory door, where yon could inquire for me at
the Gate House. Any day is satisfactory, and as for the time, say,
9:30 to 12:30 in the morning and from 2: 00 to 4:00 in the afternoon,
except Saturday,when it would de pest to make ea visit in the morning, 4£
your coming should happen on that dey-
If possible, it would be advisable to let me know
a day in advance .of your coming.

Yours very truly,

F a
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-- 4 ean Jed asa ete
Wht: Let! At mo
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Assistant to Mr, Rison.

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149

Dec. 3rd, 1915.

rae Ourtis B. Camp -
Kellogg Switchboard & Supply Co.,

SnTOREC : Tll. . 2

Dear Sir:-

Your favor of the 24th ultimo in regard to
the Gilliland patent $356,197, for telephone receiver, came
to hand. I have been so very busy the last week or ten days
that an anawer thereto has been delayed.

I cannot remember the deteils of this matter
with any degree of certainty, buat my impression ig that we used
it on the- Lehigh valley trains in connection with our space
telegrephy, when.we were sending telegrams to and from moving
trains in 1886 and 1887. I am quite sure that I have not, got

any of these telephone receivers«

Yours ver;

os at cma

154

Dec. 3rd, 1913

Mr. Randall Hargreaves,
160 Claremont Avenue, r
Rew York City, N. Y.

az dear Mr. Hargreaves:

Your favor of the 23rd ultimo was receiv-
ed, but I have been unable to reply before as I heve been
extremely husy for one thing, and _ in the next place I have
head to wait awhile to obtain Mr. Edison's comment in regard
to the record. :

I rathar regret to be compelled te answer
your letter in the wey-that I have to, but you have asked me
to be frank and let you know just what Mr. Edison thinks.

I would like you to understand in the first place that Mr.
Fiison is anxious to have. additional voices tg call upon to
maze our records, but he himself is the weet) judge as to -
th: results. He says in regard to the recordsthat you
have mede that the voice does not come quite up to his re- -
quirements, as upon the record it shows up rather sherp. and
Jacking in the mellowneas that he so much desires. You must
bear dn mind that the phonograph is a peouliar instrument, in
some vesypects yet it ia not a11 voices, no matter how good
they may he, that will make satisfactory records upon it, or
at least, reoovés that are satisfactory to Mr. Edison, so :
far as our instrument is aoncerned.

I &o not see hut what the ehove objections
wight be cvercome in time, and would suggest that possibly

you might try some adifferernt“atunts in voice aultivation ana
write me again ia 2 month or two.

Yours very truly,

gy
WHAM Leb ae ene 3
a:

ised SR : pesca

Dec. Sra, 1913.

Bauter Robert F. Rood,
% Peoples Bank,
Caruthersville, Ho-

Dear young Friend:-

I -have received your letter of the 22nd ult.,
and it gives me much pleasure to learn that you have enjoyed

the talking motion pictures so greatly. Perhaps, before

you have grown up to be a man, you will be able to see and
hear entire operas hy these talking motion pictures, and then

I think you will enjoy them a great deal more.

‘As to the wire that runs to the picture machine,

let me say that it is part of the apperatus that runs’ both
machines together-

Yours viiyeee

od Hh ol toa

£60)

Dec. Sra, 1915.

’

wr. R. Rathbun, ;
Assistant Secretary, -
Saithsonian Institution,

Washington, D. Cc.

Dear Sir:-

Your favor of the 21st ultimo to Hr.

r. D. Yaston, President ‘of The American Graphophone Co., New
York, has been fornardea by him to Mr. Edison, as the subject
‘matter indicated that the letter should have been sent to him
in the first place. .

Mr. Edison requests me to say that he is
making an endeavor to find one of the early tin foil phonographs
for the Ynited States National Museum, and will communicate with
you later in regard “to the matter.

Youre very truly,
Fawtiat ewes « oe, ,

Assistant to ‘Hr. ‘Faison.

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Dec. 4th, 1913

Yr. H. Smith,

Western Development Agent,
Great Northern Railway,
St. Paul, Minn. —

Dear Sir:-

Allow me to acknowledge reeeipt of

your favor enclosing photographs of a newspaper printing
plant installed on e railroad train, andi also e hound
yolume of "The Clacier Park Blarcer™ issued from this plant.

These are all exceedingly interest-
ing, and I beg to thank you for them-

Tt is too had to spoil your dream of
being the pioneer in this direction, but candor compeiis
me to admit that I published a weekly paper when I was a
news butcher on a railway train about fifty years ago-
course, I had no such elaborate plant as your pictures show.
t had only three or four fonts of type, and printed my
paper on e table with a galley proof roller. I issued
the paper weekly for seyeral months and as I remember, it
had upwards of two hundred seventy five regular suhsceribers.

. I know of only one copy of this paper
in existance, and that is at my house prese rvea hetween two
sheets of class. A photographic cony was made and insert-
ed in a biography which was written of me by Dyer & Martin
and published by Rarper & Brothers, New York. ;

Yours very truly, 5

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‘Deo. Sth, 1913.

Bir. 3. L. Failte, Raitor,
The Burlinftea Hawk. -Bye,
Burlington, Towa.
Dear Sr. TWeite:-

I em afraid you will thiar J am hut en indifferent
eorresvondent in taking 50 long a time to unever your favor of Sept.
22nd. The letter came whan 4 wan confined to the honse by illness
which followed @& two weeks vacation (E nope I'll recover from my nert
yaoation mors guickiy). During the fer weers that I was away there
was 2 tremendous acoumulation af nattexrs avaiting my attention, So some
of ny corresponierite has been aid aside fer & sonventent time.

Bow in regerd to ‘the subject of your letter, let
me say that the prevention of 4inerustation of boilers by using an
electrie current works very satisfactorily, but in these medern days
pieces of zinc are mit in the tuhes and this mekes a weal current and
dws tha sme thing und preserves the jren at the same time. I cannot
understand how the supolea would give any resuits ‘under’ the coniitions
you name.

T appear to he a 4a in telegraphy when compared to

yourself.
wag

Yours very trily,

Aea Cos

Baoveplicet hetene> Boreal.

ACPD REV tee oo

Daoe Seu, Po1S.

Fir. A. R- Rirchard, President,
The Candlestick. Publitahing Co.,
264 Main Street, .
Springfield, Mass.

Mz dear mr- Birohard:
Please accept my thanks for your prompt

She twelve

to my letter of .the ist instant.

attention

copies of the candlestick eene to hand, and I am glai to

have them before the issue had enti rely ren out.

“TP you expect to he in the vicinity

of New York the week after next, you might let ne ynow 8

day or tvo in advance and 1 will nee if.we cannot make an

appointment for you to come. out to the Lahoratory-

With king regards, I remain
Yours. very truly,

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Dee. 8th, 191%.

- Miss Bugenia H. von Boos,

92 Tincoln Avenue,
Tansdorne, Pa.

Dear Medam:~-
ek : 2 Tam in reeeipt.dof£ your gavor of the
3rd instant, and: nete what you sey in ¥epard. to the Ruooian
violinist. Let me say for your information that Er.
Edinon personally hears all ertists and passes uron their.
availability for making records before they are engeged by
the Company. es ame!

a "s¥f, therefore, Hr. Regovoy expects te
ba-in the-vicinity.of few York in the near future I shall
be glad to make an nppointment with him to come over and
play for Er. “dison if he desires to do it. It would be
necessary to let me have a few days notice so that I could
maxe an appointment cnat would confénn to:kr. Edison's
engagements. © In order to avoid any misunderstanding, .let
me sey that artists who come here to play or sing for Hr.

--Raison come entirely at their own expens®-

Replying to your enquiry a3 te whether

or not you may expect to reosive one or more Kditorials from

Wr. madison during the firat part of the coming year, I am .
afraid I did not make it clear to you in my letter from
Atlantic City. ‘I-was i11 at the time, and possibly aid

not write clearly. -I intended to tel) you that Mr. Fdiaon
never writes any articlesof any kind, ner will he allow then
to be written for hin unless they conaern his active business
interests, an@ then, of course, such en article would only
appear in & teolinical publications. - He works from six«
teen to eighteen ‘hours a day on his immense pusinéeya interests
and experimental work, and he uniformly declines to take any
aetivye part if ontside riatters.. rt will fe quite obvéioua to
you that it is entirely impossible for hin to undextaré any-
thing beyond ‘What he is at present engaged on.

Yours very truly,

Whee 3%

TEE Reaare eee

‘Miss Susie: Green,
Leth %. “pt Streets,

Atohi-son, 2ans8ed.

Dear wins Creen:-
Your ‘favor of the 56th ultine is the

first I have received Pron you, ‘end now I write ‘to acknogledre

receipt of the same and of the tory ‘of your, Little poem
entitted *The ‘Soul of Whe fied Piper", which I have reéd with

ouch appreciation.

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Dec. Sth, 1915.

Mrs. R..W. Park,
11 Baldwin Street,
Chattanooga, Tenn.

pear Hrs. Fark:-

‘Nour kind letter was” reacived anit read with a
great denl of interest. It produced the results that you antioi-—
pated, and I was flea to pause for a minute or two and smile with
you at the naiye expression of the negress in your service. Her
opinions are quite flattering, and if it were not that I appreciate
their apparent simplicity I sm afraid I suowa have ‘to £6 ont, end
puy a larger hat. : . : .

Our Advertising Department would like to use this
letter, and I am wondering whethet ‘there would be any objeotion on
your part. We eould leave out your name, and alab the vity for thet
matter, if you so desires. | Do not-hesitate to express your opintoa
in the matter, which shall be duly reapeeted.

Yours very tDd¥o 7
Br a ee

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fee. ioth, 1916.

Wr. Hvan P. Bone,
2635 Cleinview Avenue,
Cincinnati, Ohio.

Pear Siz: -
Referring. to our sorrespondence and to your favor

of the ged instant, I beg to sey that the device you gent ua hes

“ ypeoeived very sureful examination ht the hands of our experts. We

have Wad an immense anount of work on hand, and heave been delayed

in eompleting our teata on thia. device, but at last it has heen

Car ees

Serene

marae
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mere!

accomplishad-
our evpetiga réeperhess LoTlows:

"T have cone carefully into ‘this scheme and while it
contains the germ of an idea, 3% wouid require &
ereat deel of developmant, and I don't think it
worth while. : . ; ;

Hxtreme assuracy in both pleture and maechanisn Rnonuid
“pe necessary, to say nothing of mirror troubles
(tarnishing, eta.) and problems in inertia, momentuz,

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We shall tharefoce not be interested in making any . |
BA |,
offer, for thie devine. If you will kindly notify me where to send a

it I will have it carefully paoved and forwarded to you on receipt

of your letter.

I return all your pepers and pine prints herewith.

Yours very truly,

208

Dea. 10th, 1925.

Yrs. J. H. Johnson,
77 Herkimer Street.
Brooklyn, New York.

Dear Madam: -
Your posts) card to Hr. Bdison has been reseived

and I have shown it to him. He aays that as we have just recent-

ly started ‘in the Diac phonograph business, he could not be expect-

ed -heve all the fine records at. onve.. We heve engage’ far mors of

the best talent than the Vietor people, tint it will -take time to
“pring thes wut. before the. public. . 7 —

| If you will Wotén to the Victrola along side of the
new Diamond Disc Edison eagiene you twill notice at enoe that true_

music and tone are absent from the formar. It does not produce

ne Bes cate?

the tone colors or overtones, arid. no juttgment as to the quality or

timbre of a singer's voies is possible.
| Yours very truly,
OH ateabov evox
| is
40

Assistant to Hr. Réigan.

Beo. 1th, 1913.

ur. Mott 3. Zond,

Pp. 0. Box 212,
Pensacola, Florida. |
Dear Siriy
Your favor of the Sth instent in regard

to the Zinetophone has been reacived. I HSE to thank you for

your kind interet which prompted you to offer the suggestion

therein contained. het me say in regard thereto that we have

heen experimenting quite a good dead. to reduce the noises, snd

T haw inst rusted our axperts to push tha work Forman aa ranid~

Ly ea they can, and I trust that we shall be able t3 remove this:

ohgeetion before ‘long.
Yours very try

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Deo. loth, 1912,

Standart Paarnce Odes
Maywood,
Gentlemen: ~

~ . Referring to your favor of the 29th ultimo,
and to the small drwa conte{ning 300 pounds of Lithium
Hydrate wet, Br. Edison deaixes us to say thet so far aa
‘the container is concerned ‘at. is all right, bet the Lion
was very dirty. and we had to reorystallize it. It oontaina
too muah big C05. - We would net want to receive continu-

ous supplies of Lithium Eydrate that wonld be so dirty eas

this lot or that needed recrystallization.

Yours very truly,
Bison Laboratory.

wet

Deo. Sth, 192Z.

. \ @r..C. MB. Saribner,
| iF % Western Electric Co.,
463 West Street,
> _flew fork Gity.
wy tear tr. Soribner: “ A
Replying to your favor of the 6th inst.,
let me say that as soon as:I can find a little time, I will

Open the boxes now in storage and select from the contents surah

apparatus thet would seem to me to he of interest for the musenm

that you are establishing.

I shall advise you later concerning the
matter.

; >
Yours very truly ;~~

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Dec. 12th, 1915,

Mr. Walter M. Denman,
-Springfield,
Kass.

Dear sir;-

a
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seen a ee A er

Your favor of the 9th instant has been

reoeived,.and in reply £ would say that the wet mixture fa

all right. We have twenty two acres of floor spaca in our

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huildingghere and it is always ary.
(Tbave not seen Mr. Lambie‘s recent forms,
and therefore am not in position to say anything sbdout them.

fhe 014 fomsgappeared to me to be a air |
Js

Yours ver ae |

TVR RET iS ae ES

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Dea, izth, 1913.

Mr. F. Ho. Harrison
% aetna Life Ine. Company,
Hartford, conn.

Dear Sirs- ee .

Your favor of the 6th inatant has besna
_veferred to me and’ L have read the bame with auch interest.
pet me say, for your information that re have ¢. large number
of Yango and popular selections in the process. of manufacture,

and hope to get them out in tha hands of the public before

Tepe eannanas TENET SIP AT ee
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Sana n nae RA DAS AP Lee bi EART Ew SAS SEES a

SIS cae ern ane Re - a

a Rong - “IT have given the list you enclose to the heal of ay.

Husical vepertment #ith lwstructions to let we hear those in

spe

cea

the list that ere not already teing made by us. rsh
‘Thanking you Zor your kind interest, 1 a
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remain Speer ee LEN

; Yours wry truly.

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Mr. Randall Hargreaves, :
160 Claremont Avenue,
New York. as ;
uy deur’ Rr. Hargreaves: -

Referring to your favor of the 10th instant, ¥ |
have seen“Mr. Bdison in regerd to the point mentioned therein. |
Be wants me to say to you that he éxpests very shortly to he
through with some important exoerimenta he has en hand and |
then he will personally get back 26 the iistening to voicss
and will try you again. He Bays the creat trouble is thet
one 4ay & voice may be in five condition and ‘the next dey just
the opposite, and he ie experimenting upon at inetroment thet
will enable a person tc determine when he or she ig in goed
voice. I gues& every singer would appreaiate aneh sr. ine
strumest as this.

With wind regaria. T remain

Yours very truly,

Ute pidiereecit

244

Dec. 12th, 19125.

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Sener

od Mr. 8. Westbury,

i American Ever Ready Cos;
304 Hudson Street,

New York city-

Dear £9r. Yeatbary:~
I beg to soknowledge receipt of your favor

of the loth instant, with price list and oatalogde of miniature
lamps, for which please accept my bast thanks .

Will yor kindly send me by express at your
early coave ntience one hundred and einty five of the one Gand Le
power series Lamp*BE.PS, If you can possibly ‘ao 1t,thase
should be selected for 14 yolita, 68 we are going to uss them
in multiple ou” storage vatter® 8. -y hope that it will not , : -
pe too much troudle to select them for the voltage. ~ Mindly yo
gead there to me by express at your earliest oonventence, ‘BB We
want to use them about the middle, of next week.

Kindly bill tham to me and eoeapt my thanks

for the confidential discount. With kindest regards, Y remain

Yours very truly,
Peat

De ts ae ay |

cst lenbcatabeetd tes Scadenes Wigmore pe eee

7 24ti

Dec, 12th, 1913,

SS ee

zr. Jesgqge &. Briggs,
dmark Lotge ¥q- 448,

Filkea-Earre, ae,

Dear sir t-

I beg to soknowleage receipt of your favor of

the 16th instant, ani thank you for ‘the invitation to send an

pildress to Tandmark Lodge Ho. 442, F. & AM-,
mn the 20th of January.
y that I shall be compelled to

as I am under cont ract arrangement not ta make
4 i

of my own voice. Owing -to this fact, you '
AI
4 s

st.

to be read at

ite Annual sanquet .0
t regret to s¢

disappoint you,

“phonograph records
will see that £ shel be unable to comply with

Deo. 17th, 1913.

Mr. 7. H. Thurmond, .

Pp. 0..Box.777,

Shreveport, Ia. . j
Dear Sirs-
: "y duly received your favor of-the
6th instant in regerd to motor bus system, and.would say
in reply that I have only approved the general scheme
end: also 8 specimen bus that was exhibited to me, but I

an not yet prepared to endorse the parties who are push-

ing the affair until I om satisfied that it is not @

Seles tare

Srey Crees

stock promoting. scheme.
Yours very-truly,

fale

$5
Sates

Lit Sale PERE Terre nae rameter NED ETN TET

Dec. 18th, 1915.

Mr. W. L.Sauniers,
-% Ingersoll-Rand Co.,
12 Broadway,

Yew York City.

Dear Br. Saunders: ~

Referring to your favor of the 9th inst.,

let me say that I have inquired of our people and find that
they have pluced the order for centrifugal pumps with the
Worthington people, es their price was $690 against a bid
of 8914 given by your concern. It seems to me that there
must nave been some error somewnere. Bither you are toc

high or they are absurdly low.

Yours very truly

. ; a

Ca
; Shoo OC oo

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DPocember 749, 1913.

Mr. Thos. A» Rdison, IT.

Burlingten, New Jersey.

Peer Tom:-

Rnclosed find check to the order of Hugh

B. Miller for 91000.00, #180 letter for him tc: sign.

Under no circumstances deliver the check to him until

he signs the letter, before ®& ‘witness other than

yourself or wife. Be SEES of this. Then ‘tend his :

—

Letter to més

With kinéest regards, and wishing .you poth

A Merry Christmas, I en,

Yours sincerely,
SOME

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Dec. 22nd, 1915

stiue Maria Paz Gruinsbo rg,
981 Woodycrest Avenve,
Jierbridge, 4. .
Dear Melanie

your Lavor of the ‘L7th instant to Mr. Edison osme
te hen, te desires me to say in reply that he will be very glad
to haye you com? over and make a voice trial at the Laboratory,
Wedngines your si utes with you if you desire. You may come on
Pyeadeg or Friday of this week eat about 10:50 in the morning. if

neithe: of those days will suit your convenience you can meke it

next week st the same time. . If you do not

“indly dropmealine so thet I shall know how to arrange

ner appoiatments for Mr. Edison.
ZI enclose a tims table of the train. You leave
the train at Orange, walk one block up to the Main street and take
» troiley going to aest Orange. This passes the Laboratory. Please
inyuire for me at the Gate House.
Yours very truly,
Was fy ce Or tet Ce fe

Assistant to Mr. Bdison.

Deo, 22ni, 1913

Brews Ke ‘Baylor,
% General Bleotric Co.,
ae. Churoh Stresk:. New York.

pene, ur. Baylor:~
i I-duly. received “your favor of the LOth
instant, enclosing ‘pOpy of some notes that you prepared for
Mr. Nertto on the subject of Hlectric Service and the Public.
t have read this. paper with a gieat deal of interest. zou,
have put the ease ia very pleia language, aud on the whole

I think it is a fine “paper.

I believe that dvaryboay ghonld tats a free

swing; that Gov emment should oontrel, but never operate. In

my opinion the funetion of the Government is just ‘to ses that
we ao not opprese each othsr.

Allow me to extend my ‘congratulations to you
‘on thie paper and sled 45 thank you for hering given me the
opportunity to reed it.

Yours very

Dec. 22nd, 1913

N
Mr. d.. B Dick,
%' The Seal &. Fastener Co.,
140: South Dearborn Street,
Chicago, Ti.

Dear Mr . Dick to :

I received. your favor of the 15th inet.,
and have read: the same with much interest.

In regard to the selling agency in London
for the Storage battery, ‘let me say that the men with whom
t nade me sGont rect: for: ‘the british Isles has recently formed
a Company and - is just: comme noi ng. to do a little business.
From al. the ‘news that is given to me and the various reports
I have received from the other ‘side, the future of the
ato rage battery in the British Islea seems to be very promis-
ing. a

Yours very truly,

Dea. 24th, 1918

Mre Jesue A. Briggs,
% Landmark Lodge: So. 442,
FAD ces-Barre, Pa.

Dear Sir:

‘Your favor of the 19th instant to Hr.

Edison has bean received, and he requests us to say in

reply that it is with regret that he is obliged to disap-

point you in the request that you make. | He has not
nued the telephone for over thirty years.
a Regretting ‘that ha cannot: oblige you.
an this matter, = remain.
‘Yours very VEBLY s.
“Radeon, Laboratory.

“Sita

Dea. 24th, 1913.

Mias Mary Adele Case,
18 East: Slet Street,
Hew York City.

Dear Wiss Case: *

I received your note and was very gled indeed
to hear from you agein. In reply to, your enquiry, I would ses
that my vacation was @ pleanant oné and I derived 6 good deal of
penéfit from it. ,

. In regard to Wiss Ruth Hackenbury, would say

that -ehe came and.we gave her a trial, but found she would not be

satisfactory for the purpose that Mr. Edison desires a soprano

singer. The work igs very aifficult. pes it involves the reading

and singing at gi ght of musio’ ‘of.all kinds, inoluding the most
difficult operatic work. She has a sweet yoice and is very will-

ing, but we were all very sure that the work would be too much for

her, otherwise I should have been only too glad to have given her

the opportunity.
Wishing you the compliments of the Season, I

remain
Yours very truly,

Wr ttbhurie ce: eeleet fs

ners

“5 re and tee nae mA

Reo. 24th, 1913.

Miss Winnie Hatoh,
$250 jWuclid Avenue,
Cleveland, Ohio.

Dear Mies Hatch:~ ;
My. Hdison desires us to acknowledge
receipt of your favor and to express his gratification to

learn of the pleasure that you derived from hearing the new

Diamond Diese Phonograph as demonstrated by Mrs. Iisen, and .

to thenk you for the meny Kind words that you have to aay.
in regard thereto.
He also requests us to forward you one:
of bis phetographe, jn aqoordance with your desire.
Yours very truly,
Bdison teboratory..
tees

arent oat

Deo, 24th,

Mr. J. Warren Knavp,
£6 Broad Street,
Sew York.

™

Dear Sir:-

I am in receipt of your favor of the

23rd inatant, and beg to say that we will be glad to have you

come over and make a voice trial for Mr. Edison. You may

bome on Tuesday or wednesdey of next week at either 10:30. in

the morning or 2:30 in the afternoon. 7 :
Will you kindly notify me which day and

et whet hour you will come-

Yours very truly,.

WH Meabowee?

Deo. 24th, 1913

Mre Le. Be Proudfoot,
Singer Building,
New York city.

Dear Hr. Proudfoot:

1 would like to have you make me @ report about a
wen named K. B. Ayers. He is at the present time engaged with
“he General Yenicle Company of New York Oity. Some. time ago
he was fighting the New York Hdison Compeny by exploiting the
use of the blosk system of electric Lighting. I believe that

. ha wae Poognt cut, and the opposition ended in that way. ‘ ve is
aceling to make a business connection with me, ana I want to
find out about him e121 that 1 can. -Of course, this is very

voatidentiel.

Kindly send your report to Hr. Meadowcroft as

ususl.
Yours very truly,
2 »
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Fora, Bacon & Davis,

ls: Brosdney ‘
sew York o
Gentlemen: -

acknowledres receipt of your
recent favor, atid ales of the tuo saline, Report of

T¥ensit Commissioner, ity of Patladelsiia™,

of subway and’ eleyuted ratlroad:

intezest , BNA expect to Look at then dad fporougnty a8

800n.. 8. I Aheve ‘Leisure.

“Please ‘seo0gt my. thanks: for your
kindness: da complinent4

“upon a syaten

“fhe se books are 2 much

san gee Score 28,

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Des, 29th, 1912.

iy. J. Haren Crouse ,

Wéla Park,
Gheverer Ohio.

Dear ur. Crouse: -

| have. received your favor of the 23rd inat.,
and also the album of views af Camp Go-Gpe ration, for ahioh Tt
beg to extend my thanks te wen we te the of fioiela of the
Association Teland Corporation.

; Tne album ia. very tandsome and, fron a pasa-
ing glimpse of its econtonts, promiges to be very tebe reatines I
have had it .sent..up to my house, and antioipate a great deal of
pleasure in looking ovar it “at mr letanre.

Brow the pasaing glanae which IT had of some
of the “pioturse Tt am inclined ts think that when the “good ola
Suower timse:. "comes again i shail be tempted to participate in the

simple life of the Islend if cireumstanoes will permit.

whe oe Mr- A. %, Hoover .
‘ : ‘@ The Harmers end Citizens Rankire Co.,
Kilan, Ohio.

tte,

Dear Sir:-

I an in veceipt vf your favor of the
2end instant asking financial sseiatanse ir connection with
the Public Tdivery at Hiise.

Sy Yo royeet te any that ib wilt not te
: t
ie

osaible for me to respond favoombliz te your upreal at the
z eT

present time, as I an just now guplesiag all my spare capital

to build up my new Liss phonograph business, whish nas called

for a very large invest I may be able fc do aowething
for you alittle iatet on when 2 have this enterprise thorough-
ly well established and going. ae

Youre very truly,

‘ uC ae

Cece Eaves

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BRT gE

Lea, 28th, 1913.

i. aN
Yr.:-Prancis Ws Parker,

% Parker & Carter, :
Suite 1410 Marquette Bldg.,
Chisago, Til.

Dear Hr. Parker: -

r beg to acknowledge receipt of your
favor of the 18th instant, and aise of the six copies of

your paper "Tho. Spirit of Inventicn", for which I pray you

to accept my sincera thanks.

With. xuind regards, T

3 PEs:

Lee abaya see

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Essex County Jail,

eeper,

Samuei Golcher, I

ur.

Newark, New Jersey.

Dear Sir

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Mr. Fdison is sending to the jail wits

compliments a HOME PHONOGRAPH and one hundred and

He txeusta it may bring to the

fifty records.

inmates a little sunshine in their confinement.

NA pawns

Yours very truly,

TO Seb Ce ete irene react tie Lemme AERA

aia ia daa bah PRA Ede borne he ERAS

Secretary.

MEE IS

BETES

Janu. ft, Gite

ir. Evan ¥. Bone,
2633 Cleinview Avenue,
Cincinnati, Unio.

Dear Yir:-

Referring to your favor of the 19th ultimo, we
beg to give you below an extract from the report of another of our

anginsers so whom we submitted your device:

"The arrangement of wirrors ou this head, to displace
_the shutter ordinarily used, is very pretty in theory,
but is impracticable from the practical standpoint.

It operates on the basis of moving the Film inter-
mittently, as in present vrectice, bus in pioking up
the first'helf.of the film as it progresses, deflect-
ing the picture upon 3 mirror - fixed - at & position
below tha normal “beam, frum theatre reflecting it vpon
the screen. fhe revolving mirror is not only rotated,
hut is moved rapidly in an oscillating direction, the
endeavor being to keep the picture, on the screen,
perfectly steady, although it is reflected from ea nove
ing film.

It is necessary to use surface airrors, that are hard
to keep sufficiently bright to be efficient, and the
whole layout ia one wiich causes excessive vibretion
of the need, thereby defeating the object for which
it is designed.

The invention has the germ of an idea which, if worked
out, might become almost as satisfactory as the present
shutter arraurement, but even so, it would oonfiict
with patents of tha Vangscope, which accomplishes the
same thing as this endeavors to accomplish, but by a
system of mirrors rotated between the sourve of ligat
and the lens. ‘The letter is very inefficient from
the standpoint of illumination, the losseS being quite
great. They afé also unable to run the film faster
than eight pictures per second.

Mr. Byan PB. Bone,
. Page -2- roe
Jan.: end, 1914.

'I am guite sure we would not be interested in huying
this invention from Hr. Bone."

We will therefore return the machine $9 yuu aceord-

nea)

ing to the addreas given in your favor of the 19th ultimo.

Yours very truly, .

Edison hLeboratory

tolins

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Jan, 2nd, 1914.

A... Shaw Company,
Wabash Ave. & Madison St.,
Chicago, lills.

Gent lemen:-

If my recollection is eorrect, I have

seen in your magazine, "System", some articles in relation to a

SLondensed .
engineering gin gonnection with shop methods and processes. AS.

vecollect, it is the Tegler System, and I tuisk motion

far as I
pictures of aifferent processes were taken in connection there-
sith. Can you give me any reference to this or to the concern

that makes a specialty of this liner

Thanking you dn advance for eny informa~
tion you may give me on the subjeot, I remain
Yours very truly,

GK. ? lr

Assistant to Hr. Bdig/on.

loge omer oro

Jane

Mr. Lowe}] H. Brown, £rese,
vc. os Horanti, Inc,
2 Vall Street,
Tew York.
Dear Mr. Brownt-
I received your favor of the 26th
ultimo, and mould say in reply that the New Jersey Geolorsical
Survey nave published scme of the snzveyt that T nade, and you
gan possibly get the information that you desire Fron
amination of the same. Yowever, if they are not full se
you can com over to the Laboratory ani see what

There are ten billion tons of ore in Tew Jersey.

Thanking you for your king wishes Tor

cord

the New Year, and aosurisg you of my nearty vacinrecation

arocnee!

thereof, I remain —

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P, 4 7 a
Tonys varpeybriily.

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“Vy "Jan. Srd, 1914.
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Mr. H. 2. Bick,

% The Seal & Faatene. pany,

140 South Dearborn Street,
Chicago, Ill.

Dear Mr. Diok:-
I am in receipt of your favor. of the

26th ultimo in regard to the prospectus of the seziling company

that nag been organised for handling the storage vattery in the

British Isles. I em sorry to say that T caunot iet you have

a copy of the pros peotus rigat away, as I have only got oe and

do not wish to part with ate I will write and get ur extra

one and send it to you later, or will have it sent direct from

Tendon.
With kind regards, I rem
port

ae
Pou xs res, aly,

og LA Chas

Edison Accumul Ltd.,
49 Old Bond St

London, W., Eng land.

UA wan. Sra, i914,
‘Mr. J. PF. Monn
D :

Dear Mr. Monnot: -

Mr. Edison gould like to have you send
hin one or two extra copies of the prospectus of your company,
and if convenient will you kindly also send one copy to ais
friend, Mr. He E. Dick, % The Seal & Fastener Company, 140
South Dearbom St., Chicago, Ill.

Wishing you the compliments of the season,

I remain

Yours very truly,

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Jan. Srd, 1914,

Theodors &. Vail, Bsq.,

Ame rican Telephone & Telegraph Co.,
15 Dey Street, :

New York City:

Dear Br. Vail:-
. Many thanks to you for your kind letter and

also for all your good wishes for the New Year, which I very
neartily reciprocate. A few months ago I went over to the
Weatern Union twice and called over to see you, but you were not
in town, much to my regret.

Won't you jump into your auto some day be-
fore long and come out to the Laboratory and see some new things
that we have here? I would be very glad indeed to see you, and
hope that you may be able to come over within the next fev weeks,
ae 1.go to Florida next month.

With kindest regards,

Yours

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Mz. H. Ward leonard,
Tanrence Fark,
Bronxville, N. Y.

My dear Teooard:-

I received youre favor of tha lath
ultimne, togetner with oovy of a new Peteat sill, H.R.
1NLSS, iatroduced ty Mr. Oldfisid. these wave bee
vead by me with & great daai of

Qe ag ue :

pass if
“issue when thé

of the Court that he wes Livrat to

that be «was the first to. introdase sh: ve the

artiel?: vovered thereby; sueb lagsctran natilL

_the final determination by the Courta of the validity of

the Patent. : . :

S wouid
provided &:
inventor nrov

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; “it ip easy to prove commervial ine
nution, and, a3 the patent wouil be isaned te fhe
no subsequant pilrste cuxis. come tn and ruin bin
he bad proved that the aztidle was marketable. Ta
other words, Une inventor with bin putant and virest comve r-
viel inveodaction shoul hava s clear field while the

ret

pirste ds Lighting hin. That ia vil T ee want.
Yours wseF traiy,

Bi divs neha shai

na ep tn pee a eee REAGENT SHS

Mr. @. I. Crane,

Hotel Biltmore,
East 43a Street, New York: City.
Deer Mr. Crane:

at the time you telephoned thie afternoon your lztiers

were before Mr. Edison and he made the following memoranda thereon.

I will qioto his own words:

"It will teske at least five years to pioneer snd zet

people to see the advmteges. It took five years on
the electric light and eight and a half yeara on motion
pictures. I feel sure my minimum will meke Lismen
hustle. and leave m in a posltion te cancel if they
feil to take and pey."

"The contract is O.X,, no mtter what Lisman does he
must teke a certain number of cells md pay in 30 days.
If hs don't, I cam out him off on 30 days notice. Our
safety lies in the minimm. "._ :

Let me add that Mr. Edison is much pisaeed to have you
talm suen e lively interest in tl contract and the Cowranz''s affairs.
He has given » great deal of his personal tine and aefferta vo the
prelimincr ies thet preceded the mking of this presort contract with
Lisren, and he does not see that we cen do ory bettie: at this time.

Yours very truly,

Assistent to

waned tae att

Emery tte cn te Sas

Mr. A. Molzer,

Evansville,
Ind.

Dear Mr. Melzer:

your favor of November 6th.

Jan. 8th,

VL «

I must ask you to pardon the delay in replying to

I heve been so very mush occupied ay

and night with very importent business and experimentsi mttors the

lest few woeks, that some of 1y correspomience hae been sadly

neglected.

pusiness deal, as we no longer use wex
for the publice
containing oeliuioid, and
condensation product of Carbolic Acid and Hexameth
This material is almost as hord as glass ami pe
a very large volum of sound.

of the same mterial, and none of
to be an improvement thereon.

glad indeed. to learn that you are

ing the penefits

I don't see how we sill be able to strike up &

For our siall oylinder records we use & compound

I am very

our other experiments worse

of the latest scientific developments.

for mikKing phonogr=nh records

for tha Disco records we use the very herd
ylenetetramine.
rmite ug to obtein
Our Master records are still mide

found

enjoy-

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an. 10th, 1914.

‘

Mr. Melville Clark,
410 So. Mich. Boulevard,
Chicago, Ili.
Dear Mr. Clark:-
I duly received your favor of the 5th instent
with enclosure, and read the same with » great deal of interest.
This being the Automobile Show week in New
York, we have had quite 4 number of automobile man visiting us,
and I: have taken the liberty of handing your letter and the
accompenying paper 6 one of them who is a friend of mine. I
am very sure that he will feel much interested inthe mtter and
hope that it may ultinately result in some business...
With kind regards, I revain

Yours very traly,

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Deur Mr. Sarreti:

1 an in receipi of your favor of She Vth
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neat water ani the fierce atrugele for existence of tta

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Mr. L. W. Serrell,
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} ereavures with which it is filled.

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smd I will request the
head ef the proper department to forward you an illustrsted

catalogue und narticulirs concerning the fLims.

With kind regarde, I romain

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Jen. 19, 1914, r

Mr. W. S. Mallory,
Edison Portland. Cement Co.,
Stewartsville, N. J.

Dear Mr, Mallory:

: Te have trouble with our Clinaz
Boilers here oftener then Mr* Edison thinks is necessary
or desirable, and he believes that our people do not
know how to care for them properly. He says that you i
have run them for meny years in the Cement Plant without !
eny trouble, and-says that he would be glad to have you
send your engineer down here to see our Mr Nicholai on
the matter and go over the situation with him so thet
we mey probably be abla to profit by such udvice as he
Sen give us in regard to the cere of the boilers,

When your engineer comes down here,
he perhaps had better see me first end I vill take him
down to Mr. Nicholai,

Yours very truly,

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Jan. 19, 1914.

The Phonograph Co.
229 So. Wabash Ave.
Chicago, Ill.

Dear Mr. Goodwin:

Referring once more to the netter
of the Urlus records, kindly let me say that yesterday
Mr. Edison came to the conclusion that he would withdreyv
these Urlue records for the present until he can Bee
whether or not he can make improvements in the master
to eliminate the roughness. Of course, he apprecietes
that your points are well taken and the same objections

have been made by others. .

We would have Urlus record ‘thom arain
right away, but he has been overworked this season and We
do not know whether we can get him to sing theee records

-over again right away or not, We are trying our pest
to bring about that result, a5 Mr. Hiisor is very anxious
to be in a position to supply these recorais if he possibly

cane
Yours very truly,

ey, Pg,
4 J: Teed

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Jen. 19, 1914.

Mr. R. T. St. John,
General Electric’ Co.,
Sen Francisco, Cale

Perea ey yrs eae PT

rereee rae STITT

Dear Sir:

Your favor of the 9th inst, has been received.
me say that it would bo aifficalt at present to
give you any {den of the net price of the Types 200 and Z00-A

or, We are so

diemond disc phonographs with electric mot

exceedingly busy filling our orders for the snrine motor

machines that the factory ie fully occupied with this work,
hall be in position to

and it will be sometime before we 8
quote prices on the instrument with the electric eanipment.

In reply let

1 think it is going to be @ matter of some

f | difficalty to avoid oceasionel changes of speed with an
electrically driven tnsetrument, on account of surges of the
current, which may occar at anytime and cannot be provided

against as they sometime rise and fall so quickly that no
provision can be made against it.

We heve been working on a new governor for

our spring driven machine, and we have got it down pretty
fine. One of our recent reports shows that the mechine

ran nine days, 10 hours per day, and did not vary one
revolution. I think this will strike you és peins pretty

good.

Yours very truly,
“GIy Thomas &. Bacsows
SONGS ee

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Yige 4nua B. Smith,
13 daletecd ot,
Rast Orange, No J>

Dear Mass. Smith:

Replying to your Zevor of the
YQth inote I.keg te ung that Ure E@ison 2nose Zar
Winteal2 another cne of the anplicants for the poeition
that wan recentiy wavertised , se the matter hes baen

ologssd.

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Br. Duy Boker,
Lp Gonorak Takin
64 State Street,
Boaton, Mass.

My dear Mr. Bakex:~
Yous fevor of the 19th itastant to ia, Edison, ercloringe
Waffenreffer & Co. has been recoived, she I have

shown it to Mr. Edison, sho has been soafined to the house for a few

the advertisement of

days with an attack of Lumbago- He is now getting around 2 iittie,
and I expect him dorm within the next two or three duys- I wii uot
which he wrote hinseLf on

delay, however,in sending you his comments,

your letter. They are as follows:

“Baker - :
This advertisemont is a eracker-jack. Everyone
wanting or contemplating trucks will ponder over it.

Mis advertisement is a master stroke of business on

your part, and I congratulate you.
Raison"

It is superfluous to 82

very greatly pleased.
Yours very truly,

th ep : af
Galton’ er ert, “

Assistant to Mr. Edison.

vy in view of the above that he was

Mr. H, Kobb,

Cherles Chipmen's Sons,
88 Leonard St.

Yew. Yor: city.

Dear Sir:

Your favor of the 12th inst. to oar Mr.
Yexvell wae sent by him to me for my personel perusal.
I found it very interesting.

I am very enxioas to get Mr. Urlus to
make some more records for us, #ni he 4a going to do it,
but unfortunately we shell not be eb2a to get him
immediately, as he has had a hard season at the Metropolitan
Opera House and neeas a little rest before he can make the
records. This will be petter for our customers 86 we shall
-et the advantage of his being in better voice, I am glad
you like his singing.

I nave noted with 4 good deal of interest
your romarks in regard to Martinelli and Anselmi. They are
both good, byt ft think thet Anselmi is the finest interpretor
of music that I have listened to. Let me sey to you that
after working so long and so hard to produce en 4nstrument
that will give music Lovers something to enjoy, It is very
gretitying to be fayored with such conmendatory exprensione
of opinion a6 are contained in your Letter.

The postscript to your letter hes touched me
in a tender place. It hae been my 4ntention and eernest
desire to put nothing but real poautiful music on my aise
phonograph, and I have expended an enormous amount of
thought and work and money in this direction. After patting
out the records which we have listed and expecting to continue
along those lines, I have been much chegrined by receiving
letters from dealers all over the coantry saying thet they
can only sell 4 small amount of euch stuff, snd for heaven's
sake to Hive them tango end ragtime, 1 have fought against it

OORERER NT eee

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Mr. H. Kobb
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Jan. 19, 1914,

for sometime, but find that I shall heve to give in and allow

a certain amount of that sort of mueic to be recorded for the

purpose of satisfying the trade. However, I am not going

to give up my original intention of having real music recorded
for the benefit of those who take delight in ft.

Yours very truly,

. Shas fae

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Jane Blet, LL.

Mr. EH. G. Plimpton,
4% Edison Studio, 2626 Decatur Ave.,

Bedford Park,
Now Yorlte

My dear Mr. Plimpton:

I am in receipt of your favor of the 20th
instant enclosing copy of letter written by you to Mrs.
Earriot Pritchard, Superintendent of tne National Woman's
Christian Temperance Union. I have shown the whole corres-
pondence to Mr. Edison, so he will be fully costed in case
these ladies seek another interview with him on this subject.

It is true that they wero here sometime ago,

but Hr. Kuison wes rather afreid that we could not do eany-

thing that would answer voth thoir requirements and those

of the public.
Yours very truly,

ry! elle ciaretolr of o

Assistant to Mr. Edison.

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Jan. 19, 1914.

Mr. R. H. Wallace, Pres.

The Traffic Club of New York,
291 Broadway
1 New York City

| _ Dear Sir:

I beg to acknowleige receipt of your
favor of the 14th inst. and to thank you for your very
kind invitation to attend the Eighth Annual Dinner of
the Treffic Club of New York on Februery 11th.

Your courtesy is greatly p preciated,
but I shall be unable to send you a favorable reply,
as that day is my birthday and I believe my wife is

making some arrangements for me to be at home on that

evening.
Yourg.very truly,

Pee are

cae eaten eee

Jan. 2lst ’

Pattison Brothers,
1182 Broadway,
New York City.

Gonticmen:-
Your favor of the 19th instant, enclosing
copy of n paper by Mr. C. M. Ripley in vegurd to the life
of electric apparatus in isolated plants, hes boon received.
I have read this paper with a good deal of
interest on must esk you to accept my thanks for your kind-
ness in forvarding it to mo. I do not kmow that any suggess

tion from me would add to the.value of the paper.

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Jan. 23rd, 1914

Mrs, Bayard Dodd,
‘Scotland Road,
South Orange, N. J.
Dear Mrs. Dodd:-

Apropos of your recent conversation with Mra. Edison
in regard to the poor quality of motion picture films Bhowed in
South Orange, she has asked me to send you the enclosed. report of
the Censor's action in Chicago, after seeing the films that were to
be shown in the motion picture theatres there. You will see that
while many of the other companies had large portions of their films
thrown out, the Edison Company lost only eighteohe which is very ,
trivial indeed. :

These reports do not usually go out of our office, but
Mrs. Edison thought you would be interested in seeing it and asked
me to send it to you, calling attention to the fect that it 1s con-
fidential. Will you kindly return it to me after you have looked
it over?

Yours very truly,
DNorkice.vs weve lS
Aeaietent t6 ite. Edison.

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Jens 23rd, 1914.

Mr. T. Be Donaldson,
331 Walnut Street,
Philadelphia, Pa.
Dear Mr. Donaldson;

Your favor of the ave inatont, together with the
orig sinal tin foil phonograph record moutivaed therein has come to
hand. It brings back vividly to my mind a day many years past.
wher, Tieng to the Patent office with my firs’ puenusgraphe The
pengiiizngs on the yrappec ang your late Yother's recollections are
correct. |

Allow me to thaws vou Por. yore letter mad for the

privile 8G2 of looking at this o14 tin foil record. I algo thenk
you for the offer you make, put I think you wuld better present it
to the Franklyn Inatitute, as they have better meens of pEenory Ane

4t for tho future than I havo. .

Yours very

seagpy ers oper rseeme memmem 0 courant 4

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Jan. 25rd, 1914.

' Mrs. E. 8. Brown,
ae 170 So. 3rd Street,
Fulton, N. Y.

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Dear Madam:-

I have received your favor of the 17th instant,

and have carefully noted the contents of the same. . Let me say

awa ea

in reply that I have been fighting a hard battle with dirt and
dust in the factory where our records are manufactured. I do not Fl
mean dirt and dust as ordinarily understood, but microscopic A
particles which would escape ordinary notice or investigation. i i
We have been eliminating these troubles gradually, and our later hoy
records are coming through with a much smoother surface than we i

obtained with the earlier records. I have not the least doubt |

but we shall be able to eliminate rough surface sounds entirely
before, very long. I think you will find that the later records

which we are now turning out are very much smoother. °' We are

receiving lots of commendatory letters from our customers about

i theme see - “y
Yours ery truly, ‘
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Mr. H. Ward Leonard,
Bronxville. RK. Yo

My dear Leonard:-
The cases you mention in your letter would work out
O, K. under the schame I ontlined. If one should invent a detail to
an electric locomotive and showld make offers, with full working dran~
ings, to those engaged in the trade, this would come under the head of
"Commercial introduction". You had better think It over very carefully.
, A very simple form of Bill could be drasn and sub-
mitted to all members of the Inventors Guild with a request that each
one should try to imagine any suppositions case whereby the objects of
the b111 could do defeated.
If one or mora mombere submitted. such a case, then
the Bill sould vo changed to teke care of this, and so on wmtil finally
& B1l1 could be prosented that would requiremore ingenuity than inven-

ay"

Yours ve ruly. im

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tors have to beat ft.

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Jan. 26th, 1914.

Mr. H. N. Nichols,
Williamstowm,
Lewis Co., Mo.

Dear Sir:-
Your favor of the 17th instant to Mr.

Edison has been received. In reply he requests us to say
that he has no special recommendation of any particular
device to make to those who are afflicted with deafness. a8
for himself, he does not ordinarily use anything unless ha
wishes to hear some special music or something of that kind,
and then he uses a plain tin speaking horn with a leather ped

on the end to fit close to his ears.

Yours truly,

Edison Laboratory.
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Fresno, Cal.
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| ; Gentlemen:-

Mr. Edison hes been so busy for some
| : time past that it hes only just been possible for him to

| : hear the second lot of records that you sent to him.

He says that the new records aiso have
the back stroke, and that you must make the down stroke on
your sounder stronger and the up stroke weaker and of a
i different quality if you expect these records to be generally
read. If the volume and the quality of the up and down stroke
| | is the same, it is easy to see that the beck stroke will come

in and bother the listener.
Yours very truly,

i Edison Laboratory.

GREprantirsiEe tact 2Amtanowity aa a! 9

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Jane 26th, 1914.

Mr. Heury Ford,
Detroit,
Michigan.

Dear Mr. Ford:--

; You ssokubly reeeived today a jattar
from Mx. R. M. Searle, the Vice Preaident of the Rochester
Railway & Light Gompacy. Rovheater, WH. ¥., in regard to. the
electric avbonehiles which the newspapers reported that you .
and Mr. Edison wera abouy to manwfacture.

We hove received a great many Letiars
pera ahent ghis subdect, and Hr. Eéison has taken the uniforu
policy of stating thai he cannot @iseuss thig matter with
the weijexvs of thesa various lettars, but that they should
address thomselves to you. In most eases we have not replied
te the letters at all, but Mr. Searle having started as a boy
. B@ison's Office, Hr. Edison thousht ws had better write
So ‘the above effect.

Lia

It is far from Mr. Edison's intention
to. sda to your meltitudinous troubles by referring seovle to
you. It 1g only in a few cases where he cannot very wail de
othe c#ige. Tt is not inbendes for # uoment that you should
Suvart out of tha ordinery roviine of your businesa in any of

ye gupee valess wo awrite spocifiveliy to that effoct, and
ab is not very likely. (Mere is no speciul reagen in thts
e why you should put yourself out to comnly with the ietter
Lava recaived, aniesr you think otherwise.

Yours very trie,

Ai
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Jen, 27, 1914,

Nr. Algernon 7. Sweoney,
Room 427 Prudential Bullding,
Newark, N. J.

Dear Mr. Sweeney: -

Tam in receipt of your letter in regurd to furntsh~
ing the Edison Resort Military Band at the Colby reception next Priday
evening. Unfortunately I shall be unable to comply with yeur winhes,

The fact ie, our Band people are epactally trained for Phonograph sore
and would not bo avellable ‘or reguler work of thy kind you mentiini.

Regrettiug that I am wcble tc acoomndate you in this

metter, I remain

Jarre 27bh, 1S14,

Mr. J. B. Ballantine,

Silver Plume Reduction Co.
Silver Plume, Colo,
Dear Mr. Ballentine: .

I am afraid that you will think that I am but a poor
correspondent, for it is quite a liftla while since I recsived your
favor of the llth instant. The fact is,Mr. Bdison has been laid up
for about two weeks with an attack of Lumbago. As you know, this
is not at all dangerous, but it is peintul and inconvenient, and it
kept him to the house. Consequently, I have been simply loaded up
with work and have been obliged to allow my correspondence to glide
along much hore than I like as a general thing.

I showed ‘My. Edison your letter, and he appears to be
; very wall pleased with the progress that.you are making. It seems
: to me that you are getting along finely, and I shall hope to hear in
‘ the near future thet you are getting some of the vad stuff.

cs With kindest regards and a thousand good wishes; I

remain

Yours very truly,

’ s
WH. LOR NL AEN
Me. ay

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Se nee

Dr. A. EB. Niensti
112 Reservoir AvaQuy
Jersey City Heights, N. *,

Dear Dr. Nienstadt:-

I received your favor of the 15th instant, aut
nave been miking some inquiries from our people in rogerd
to their experience in using the Non Slip Compound.

Tey have used 14 according to instructrous,

but I am sorry to say that they do not report favorablea

results. The stuff pesis right off as soon as they begin

to use the pulley, and they do not find it at e11 satis-

factory for their use.
Of course, it is possible that they may not

have used it in the way that you have, but they tell me

positively that they used it axeotly in accordans:s with your

instxuctions.

T am very sorry that I eennot send you better

NeWH e

Yours very truly,
hey?
LPS ots: Lette

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Jen. g8th, 1914.

Stone & Compauy,
London
Engiand.

Gantlemeni-
Saving now entered into an arrangement
ith you for use by you of the Baigon storage battery for
Liguiing in various parts of fhe world, let
shonlé be very gled to see your farm conduc kh
ear lighting businesa in 4merica, and further,
in vase you ghowld conclude to de so we phowld be glad to

renter you every 2asistence that we can consistently give

you without jeopardizing any interest or affiliations alresay

exist {nz o

Yours very truly

La 0 MAP PARR RE SEL SNE

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ee mien tere te opmg Sn

Mr. H. R. MoGuinn, Secty.,
Richmond Chemical Company,
356 Pine Street,

San Franolsoo, Cal.

Dear Sirr-
Your favor of the 19th instant has been recetond,

In veply I pee to say thet I heave no use for the sulphate of sodiwa
in opr works here. Sulphate of sodium is a drug in nearly every

norks wkero it is a vaste produot.

Bleoctrically, salt is bettor and cheaper that sule

phate of sodium for waking saustic soda.

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e Jans 28th, 1914.

Mr. Geo. Me Nowbauer,
% Neahlik & Bremser,
Oriel Building,

St. Louis, Mo.

Dear Mr. Neubauer:~

oi I beg to acknowledge receipt of your favor of
the 14th instant, and must ask you to excuse the delay in reply-
ing thereto, as I hava been laid up for 2 few days with an attack
of Luinbago.

After working so hard and so long as f have to
perfect the phonograph 80 as to reproduce beautifel music, it is
peculiarly gratifying to ma to learn from some of those who
possess my Disc machine that Y have svecoedod in accomplishing the
results that I had in mind from the beginning. I went te thank
you for your very kind words in regard to the machine and rooordgs,
and L trust that you will find the later records maintain @ con-
stent improvement, ae I am working hard all the time to make them
still more per?eat.

; Let me thank you for your suggestion that wa
ghouid obtain a triel record of Miss Grace Van Studdiford, and
would say for your information that I have instructed our Record-
ing Department to proceed. accordingly. Tt may be that Miss Van
Studdiford is touring just now, but we will give the matter our
early attention.

Ag to the ubttachment that is sola to play
Victor records on tho Fdison machine, there seems to be no doubt
that the Victor records sound much better piayed in that way than
they do on the Victor machina, put, of course, it is only natural
that I, personally, should pe rather inclined to wiabt only our
recorda be played on our machine.

Yours v

ven. 28th, 1914,

Mr. John Stout,
237 Morris Street,
Phillipaburg, N. J.

Dear Sir;-

I have recaiced your favor of the 22nd inetant today,
and have nated the contente of same.

I am sura you will admit that I have dono everything
that I possibly could to bring about a settlemont of thia matter. I

am 80 very busy that I cannot spend any more time an it personally,

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and I have turned it all over to Mr. Mallory for him to oarry out 211
the necessary negotiations. We agreed to arbitrate, ahd also have

made an offer to-buy the property and are waiting your deoision as to

which you vill ascept.

28th, 1914.

Dr. Williem H. Tolman,
Director General,
American Museum of Safety,
29 West 39th Street,

New York City.

Dear Sir:-

I bog to achuowlaige receipt of your
favor of the 9th instant, together with the certificate
of award of grand prize toe the Edison Storage Battery
Compsny et the First International Exposition of Safety
and Sanitation, held under the auspices of the American
Museum of Safety.

Allow ine to thank you thereforg, and

to expreee my gratification that the efforts of my company

have been recngnived in this manner.

Yours

Miss Eolen i. Esesen,
qm, Pa .

% Tne Phonograph Co.,
229 So. Wabash Avenue,
Chicazo, Til.

Dear Madam:-

Your favor of the Slat ultimo to
H. Uiller wae shown bo My. Edison. Fe read sour
and suggestions with meh interest, und now wiahes +3
you hia commects, as follows:

82517. - Bori nade two records of |i:
gonge Both gre alike. Artists of this tape resem any
suggestions.

80105. - We have Pound thet, without no
ception to speak of, singers are et ond Limi in good voi
at anothar time are not. It is not the fault of the phone srach.
Sometimes we take records over two ox three times, ang fren
finally throw them out.

85003. = Both Bonci racords of this ssise-

tion are exactly alixe. He has lost most of his overt
He is sharp from thie vase, and has a bad, disagteadh"
tramelo.

g2049. ~ Mies Yew sang this record thee
times ani every defect is in each record. ‘

Cisnere's singing does not sound wel! when
she sings in the English language, although she is an American.

You say thet our instrumental music is
generally, but that in 82042, 6 i) BROSE, HBOOH, BLoSe
and 82515 there te PauLby 3 , and no fan. o:
artist's. Why ghonld the phonozrap diseriminste?
find in ¢ime, as we hava found, that, if there are fiefects,
are in the voiee of the artist. 4+ voices will not stan
glose inspection. ently af one time.

Me. Edison says he will -be glad to bave you
sond in wore criticisms. + We want ail we ean fol.

Youre ee ag ruly,

BH te:

Rav. William Arthur Thomas,
Kirkside Manse,

South Salem, New York.
Dear Sir:-

Your favor of the 15th instant reached me whon I
wag laid up for a few days at home with an attack of Lumbagc, hence
the delay in replying. There has been a great many matters
awaiting my return to the Laboratory.

Let me thank you for your kin] words of apprecia-
tion in regard to my Dise phonograph which was demonstrated by our
Hr. Morgan. After working so long and go hard to bring about a
fine quality of reproduction of beautiful music, it is very gratify-
ing to learn that I have been. able to please those to whom it has
been my object to appeal.

Ist me say in regard to your inquiry that we in-
tend to make a large number of records of music suitable for church
services. They will be made by the hest choir singers that we
can find among the New York churches. Just now we are somewhst
congested as we have a mass of music on hand to record, but we hope

to get at the church work in a short time.

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Heoruary «, 1914

Sorvay Pravess Companys
Syravuss, Now Yore.

GCenv-leweu:~

I beg vo soknowLedge receipe ox your levver ox January

12, 1914 in wnicu you notity me thav you now elecs to relinguise

ail rignis under your contract with me daved July $1, 1912 and

unmner ull cenes yonvracta rererred vo enereia, Wien the result
vuereio provided ror.

I am also in receipy or your Levter or Januery 14, 1914

tu woien you offer to sell me tne Edison rolle now installea ai

Sibley, Mionigan. Au present TI do noc know of any market ror the

vOLlis ove will add them to our list ana it we nave an opportunity

so aia you in selling inem, we Suall de glad vo do BO. In this

connevtion I wisn vo yemind you iuat any sale or the large rolls,

wolon are pavenved by we, wuBEL oe in aucoraance with Paragraph

Piyvveogsun quoted in the convrauy With you dated July 31, 1l9lz, anu
HUvgeot vo tas paymeny or royalties LO mo. You are vhererore re-

yuesvea Lo gaviss me ivlly reyarding any negotiabions looking vowaras

tne yale or vnews rolls. Ag you are no dowbl aware, my patenus Nos.

ofz,ol6 and of%,0i1, whica oover tav lerge rolls and une mevnod or

using toe 3amv, nave veen aajuedouved and ovla valid - sec 11 Hed.

Rep. ov. Furonermore, I huve gsranved oorlain eaclusive yi aa

Lorial lioenves under satu parvenub.

Feb. 4th, 1914.

Sommodore J. Stuart Blackton,
Atlantic Yacht ' Club,

Locust Avenue, .
Brooklyn, N. ¥;

! ; f Wy Acar Sirie
I have received an invitation from you to
| gi abton, the opening night of the Vitegraph Theatre on Satur-
i day coh, and beg to extend my thanks to you for the
| sourtesy. , i
a I should be very glad indeed to send you an fe
; soceptance, but just now I em overwhelmed with work in '
| preparation for my trip to Florida which makes it impossible ; i
4 | for me to be away from the Laboratory. ;
i | I am sorry thet I. carmot. come. |
| Yours v :

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tf

Jane. Ath, 1914.

aiss Mary B. Ehrmann,
yw ANevican Express Co.,
ios angeles, Cal.

Dear Yadam: -

Your favor of the 31st ultimo has been
xvecelved, and I veg to assure you it is very gratifying to me
+o learn that you have enjoyed the Diamond~Dise phonograph
and records 60 greatly. I think you will Pind as time goos
on and as the records are still further improved, that your
enjoyment of the machine will not diminish.

. I note what you say in regerd to the fuct
thut Mrs. Ilsen is going to gend me the books mentioned in
your letter. When they errive, I shall take pleasure in

parosing them when I get the leisure.

Yours ve

ent rea

_ Se:

Mr. J. #. Monnot,
SL Rue Daru,
Paris, France.
Dear ifr. Monnot:-

I am writing this merely to let you
know that I am moking a deal with Stone & Company, of
London, tor the use of the Edison Storage Battery for vrail-

vay car lighting in various parts of the world. In inaking

this deal, however, I have not given them any right in

France.

Ftc pen tenn tool senaeere ana nag ne

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Sal. Jaaub Ruppast,
xi Ava. end 90th. St.,
Nom York i fty, mY.
Uv dear Telonel:-
T have been Informed thet you are in the market for
ghont Benty 5-con truske for short hauls. T would consider it a ravor

ED res "Ovle allow wre anginsere to cou vor an? enbmls figuras on short

‘san bankas

ruly,

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Anhre se Wowsi,

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Vonetlre

73 you Toterestea in mn protess for sepnrating

havs a vondexftlig ‘dimple ‘trick of ao ing .

SOC PR CRE ANTE AAA

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Feb. 7, 1914,

Mr. Richard G, Badger,
294 Boylston Street,
Boston, aga.

‘Dear Sir:

Will you plesse chip ty express to Thomas A, Edison,
‘ saa EE CARRE
Port Mayers, Florida, the following books listed in your 6atalogne;
——— amend ne

From Cataract to Equater weswn ese= Dennis
In. Northern Labrador ~--------~-.-~- Cabot
Tho Psychopathology of Hysteria --- Fox —
Studies tn Abnormal Psyehology }~~- Prince
Suboonscious Phenomena ---~---ace-e |
The Individcal and Society or
Paychology and Suc lology -----—- Baldzin
me Evil Hye - Thenatology #t-n—-- Pari
An Exporinental Study of Sleep =-~- Sidis
Peychopathoiogical Roasarshes: in | .
Mental Dissociation weee Sidis

also the following. two boots, as to which ‘I do not know the publisher:

Tha Tnoory of Leisure, hy Thornald vedewd.
The Cult of the Incompetent, by Faget or Paget

Pleasa sand your bill to the Laboratory. Kindly ship

oooks at your early convenience.

Yours very truly,

MW Slkecivoe ; aad)

Assistent to My. Ediso

Reheat

Feb. 7, 1914,

2 : My. W. S. Haliory,
; Pren, Hdison Portland Jemant ty.,
: Stevartaviilo, Ny J.

Dear Mallory t-
This is to aonfirm the derision T endorsed on
t ate : 7

your letter of puoterday in vegard to the offer of $ 22.500,00 by

the the Wen Jersey Zino Go. for the land located at Edison, Ke J.
2 andorstant thet Meadowcroft has telephoned {t to you through

; Bixlar, The destaton is as follows;

_ You. can aceopt iedoc. but must be careful
to raserva elt mineral rights and all the lend and fsoilities ts
, : Spite: <bho mines, and usa of water, ote.” “

Yours very truly,

667

Feb. 9th, 1934+

re Je We Howell, ©
% Gonerel Electric Gompeny,

Harrison, U. Js

My dear Mr. Howell:-
XI am in re

regard to the signs

geipt of your favor of the 5th

posted around the Jaboratory,

instant in

prohibit ing cigarette smoking.

{son objects on general grounds to

Yr. Ea
garette gmok-

He says that excessive ef

cigarette pmoking-
as it is airfioult for 4

s toward aegeneipy. and
ry to smoke them in gre

ing tend
at moderations, he

Be says it 4s not

ig oreated

cigaratte smoke

disapproves of the practice entirely:

stion of the tobacco, but the poison which

Beside, the cigarette is
yk-shop- He therefore

a que
in the act of burning the paper.

a greet fire hazard in & factory or Wo

put up sometime ago*

S15 Sine a

cauged the notices to be

Yours very truly.
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Feb. 9th, 1914.

Mme. Ovide Musin,
51 West 76th Street,
New York City» —

Dear Madam:~-

Your favor of the 2nd instant was receliv-
ead, but Mr. Edison has been so very busy wsidrfeok that I
could not make an appointment for him until next, week.

. If next Saturday afternoon, February
14th, will be convenient for Mr. Musin, we shall be glad to
have him come out and play for Mr. Edison. — You could take
a train from New York at 12:48 or 1315 which would pring you
here about 2:00 o’clock or a few minutes after. I onclose
a time table. Make the Ieckawanna trein and get off at
Orange, walk one block up to the main street and take @
trolley marked West Orange. This will let you off at the
Laboratory door,and you oan there inquire for me or for Mr.
Hayes.

I shall be glad if you will kindly notify
me which trein you expect to take.

Yours very truly,

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Feb. 9th, 1914.

Mr. Millard J. Bloomer,
; % Now York Progressive,
: “Porty-Second Street,
New York City.

Dear Mr. Bloomer:

Sera

; Yam in receipt of your favor of the 8th
instant inviting ms to make one of a party of ten for the |
and |

i Progressives’ Lincoln Day Banquet at the Hotel Astor,

wishto thank you for the same.
Unfortunately I shall not be able to be

present at the function, as I am making preparations to go

to Florida, and my presence at the Laboratory is quite

necessary as I have a great many very important things to

arrange before I go away. |
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peieer rs

Yours very truiy,

February 10, 1914.

QO. W. Ewing, Esq.,
1101 Walker Bank Bldg.,

Sait Lake City, Utah.

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Vear

Replying to your. letter of the 26¢h ultima

ara:

xegarding Mr. Eddie Brown, beg to sny that I have asked

Mr. Edison regarding him and he desires me to write you

that he does not remember him at all. I have also

inquired’ from some of Mr. Edison's old employees but

wires:

they tell me they know of no one by that uname ever

having been associated with Mr. Edison.

Yours very truly,

AS Ml

Secretary.

Be _ SSE

Feb. Sth, 1914.

Mr. J. M. Embree,
Dobbs Ferry,
New York.
My dear Sir;-

I am in receipt of your esteemed favor of
the 6th instant, and notice your criticisms in Tegard to the
quality of the Selections that are being put upon our eyl-~
inder records at the present time. I assume from the fact
that you have bought twelve hundred of our records that it is
the cylinder records you refer to, It has been our aim to
Keep up in quality on the cylinder records, but the §ratual
change that you mention has been cause be 2
of ¢ c to tho de r Ce] > I think
you will notice, owever, if you will examine our 7 test lists
that there will be less of this kind of stuff recorded.

48 you are a phonograph enthusiast, it
occurs to me to ask whother you have seen my latest Disc
phonograph. This has the Diamond point reproducer and in~

destructible records. I have been working hard for three
years to perfect this, and I think you would be surprised if
you could hear the perfeot reproduction of high class music.

I will ask our Sales Dopartment to send you 8 catalog of
machines and records, and when you examine the latter, you will
see the kind of music we are recording for this machine»

Thanking you for the frank and kind tt
of your criticisms, I remain pea

a
Yours very truly,

ree C1 a

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Feb. 9, 19134.

ur. H. P. Sykes, ‘
% Northants Talking machine yooisty,

‘the Arcade Smporiun,

Northampton, England,

Dear fy, Wykear~

1 em in receipt of your favor of the 29th ultimo
in regard to the northants Talking Machine Society, and would say in
reply that it gives me great pleasure to say that you may put my name
dorn as Patron of the Soclety.

I am mush gratified to learn that vour yocioty is
making such fine headway, and also that you yourself have had such
great succoss in selling machines. ,

Thanking you for all your good aishes, and assuring

pou of my raciprocation of the sare for yourself and the society, f

romain

Senne

February ii
Samuel Insuli, Esq., Pres.,
Commonwealth Edison Conpany,

Chicago, Tllinotia.

My dear Sammay:-

Would ‘you consider having one-of your
men making an investigation as to desiralfitty ‘of
your company going into the furnishing of powe? *0 /*
privately owned trucks; the same as the Hattford ‘-

Electric Light Company i8 now doing succeasfullye

I believe I will be able shortly to -

give guarantee as to depreciation of battery that

will make it highly commercial.

1 will be back from'Plérida@ dbout the

Peer ae “

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_ rom C € cheowee——

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middle of April.

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bpruary li, i924.

Walter H. Miller, Esq.,
73 Fifth Avenue,
New York City.
Walterie«

How aboue Saye ES

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; How about 25° ©

Is Setvecct: wiea uc??? For now Long???

SO aCe 1 understand Leibeer sav hin

end he will see us in Naw York and probably siag fer
we Lat Cane a ol
the Disc. acd ona Aone ceed €

ipo Sovbenet ail Wee bd :
Winen do we get a record with that BIG ORCHESTRA ‘

EFPECT you showed ou tne experimental record.

Be sure to write Tosi te slways keep his phono

at 80 and not depend toc imuch on the TEE ULAT OE,

wa
Yours vory truly,
afl Ses

= Rat eet STREET STATE LPTATSER LAUREL LEGA DERE ChE SEY SEER ES i aT THEE ECE 3
See ee ee ee BRST HEeee aa suit Shea Pi
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13, 1914.

My. B..8. Dick,
g The Seal & Fautoendr Fo.,
140 South Dearborn St.,
Chicago, Ills.
Ny dear Dick-~

In reply to yours of the 7th instant ist me nay I
can't find much of anvthing in regard to an underntanding Letween us
soneerning business dong sith Stersge Battery in Eneland.

My recollection is that you wero So form an English
Company. Then whem this could not be dono, Morgan and Cacsell vere
to form its; to which you agreed. This fell throvgn because Cassell
withdros.

Now Monnot has formed & Company, but so far has done
vary little business, although I think he will in time. I em to get

thirty conts royalty, but havo received none yet. Tf Nomnot comes

across I will give you some of the royalty.

Yourz very tiviy,

lath, 1914.

Mr. C. He. Potter, General Secretary, :

The Young Men's Christian Association,

Orange, N. J. ss
XN

Dear Sir:-

Your favor of the 6th instant to Mr.
Baison asking for a special gift towards the purchase of
a Pull size motion pioture apparatus for the Young Men's

Christian Association in Orange has been received. "Ha
requests us.to sey in reply that we have had thousands of

‘Prom all over tho United States, and we are

such @
obliged. to excuse ourselves from complying therewith, as it

would be simply ruinous if we were to attempt to make gifts

of this kind..
Mr. Edison sayg, however, in this

particuler case, that we will make some eoncesBion to your

Association when you are ready to purchase the apparatus.

If you will call up Mr. Meadowcroft here on the telephone, he

will tell you what can be done about this.
Yours very truly,
Edison Laboratory.

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pone

General Letterbook Series
Letterbook, LB-097 (1914)

This letterbook covers the period February-May 1914. Most of the
correspondence is by Edison and William H. Meadowcroft. Included are
documents relating to the commercial and technical development of Edison's
alkaline storage battery; the introduction of disc phonographs in Japan; and
plans to reconstruct Edison's motion picture studio after a fire. There are also
references to a lost phonograph recording of poet Alfred Tennyson; a letter
to author Robert Grau regarding Edison’s opinion of motion pictures; and a
communication to Percival S. Hill of the American Tobacco Co. concerning
restrictions on smoking at the West Orange laboratory. Other items pertain to
Edison's reading habits and tastes, as well as his vacation with author and
naturalist John Burroughs and industrialist Henry Ford.

The front cover is marked "T. A. E. Feb. 18, 1914 To May 20 '14." The
spine is marked with similar information, along with the number "36." The
book contains 717 numbered pages and an index. Approximately 15 percent
of the book has been selected.

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Manchester, He Re

Dear Madam:-
Twn in receipt of your recent favor in

regard to phonograph records of the poet “Pennyeon", Let we say

tn reply thet ve nag some of these records sore time ago, pub in

pome unaccountable manner they have beer unfortunetely lost, and

therefore we shail never be able to reproduce them. They ware

nade a great many years ago when our business wes not well organized

dike it is today, or we should probably have another story to tell.

Thanking you for all your kind worée in
regard to whe phonograph, I renain
Yours very truly,
Homo a. Cheon s
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2 Feh. 18th, 1914.

Decteur Jean Landre,
323 Fest 5S7tn Street,
Hew York City.

bear Sir:-

Your favor of the t4th inotant to Mb. Edisen
pes teen reasived and ite contents very fully voted.

We would soy for your ingermation that Myr.
Faison leaves for Florida oii Saturday of this week to be gone
atent eizx WOOKS Be always hears artists pimsgelf before pernlt-
ting them to make records for ovr phonograph, and ag he Is
ecoupied day and night just now settling up matters hnevore Jeav-
ing for Plorida, $t will be impossible for him to take any steps
towards hearing your trio at thie time.

He expects to return about the middle of Aprii,
and if your artists are going to be in the City aboot that time or
aftorvara you can communicate with us again, and wa will see if
some arrangement to hear them can He WAAR.

Yours very truly,

Edison Laboratory.

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t trons Mugia Store,
Nelphi, Indiana.

Tt gives mo much plesnire to

congratulation on my birthday, ond

Your tetter has been resd with a great deal ef interest,

Ler | pee ee foc Tosca b= = 4. ey ens H eee nat - ae a . ‘
and Toappresiate very Pally fhe foutervash hab pou show ft Deh Tesd.

Now iu ceply to your qucsticm les ve one
{1} Vietor records can be played on the
use of a specie] attachment. ge records ear
Payed on the Viet
(P} Ag to the gost of
tinder machines, let ™e say G

you s catalog of both kind wi. i the pricaee

gay thet the 12 inch Dise, whan we projuce it,
bit at present we are not making them. Tagh aes we
10 inch Dise records, wd theso play alevea minutes LE you
Eldese
1 trust that I shall hear of your leading vp

shock of ombhusiagm of the Dise mughine and

territory»

ev. 12th, 1914.

sir James Grant,
@ THE ROXECHOUGE,
Ottawa, Canada.

My dear Sir:-

Ti gives is much pleasnre to nelknowlartge the

receipt af your mesnage af congratvlation on my birivdgay

to thank you peartily Tor your Rind remerbrance

Tam grent}y intesasted La what
your dlecovery oF orolanging dive, and note by the
revolutions attached to your ietter that you huve
per on this subject. I sheald be very glad indeed to
cepy of this paper 4f it ie possible to do so- Yan tesving
for Florian on saturday of thig week, and mst ask you ts yindly
advise my asoistanh, Mr. We H. Meadoweroft, at
where @ copy of your paper oun pe obtained, and ho
steps te get it and forward it Torida addreas.

Once More khenking you,

SeiblintataieeninttepsiakencenebmeninnnaTimmenmemmmetiiaeesaaiiaicenigmtacabarescrioiiaiod) eamtcasieee eonaenameen er ee.

Mrs. Isa Maud Tigers

% Hotel Sinten,

Gincinrutt, Ohio. .

Tear Mrs. Tisesn:

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various places.

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ife of Hdlson"hnag proven so uselsl fo you

in the admireble talks which T hate you have bern givs in
Of course, I see the reporfis as they come in,
and note thet you have been pyrite busy and dolaz sum good

we Diamond-Dise.

I,too, have been excesdinely busy for woz
festa push wilh, 2 euperabundauce af werk, which Toam now try-
ing to slean vp as Tecan batere Mr. Déisen gooe avay.

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Mr. W. North Robins,
600 Westcott Street,
Syracuse, N. Yo

Dear Sir:-

Thave received your favor of the Wth

th a good doal of interest,

ery

4naternt, which has been read vw
aa it brings back miny panories of the old electria Tighting
gays some thirty years or mere ago. ‘I ramember you and

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the cireumgtances that you nention, tub have not geen you

Por many years. "tT trnet the world has uged you well, and
that you wre in good health and prospering. 23 yell as you

sonia wish.

aida ees

pen peses

come ez

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Mr. D. H. Winget, Editor,
THE MERRY War,
Clinton, Iowa.

Dear Sir:~

It gives me much pleasure to acknov-
ledge the receipt of your message of congratulation on my
birthday, and to thank you heartily for your king remembranss
of the occasion.

Your letter hus been read with a good
deal of intorest. Some of the ideas that you suggest for
new things have already been worked on for some years vast,
but so far as I nm personally concerned I have not time to
take up anything more than what I already have on hand. I
went to express my approciation of your verdes, which I con-
sider very good. Unless you say otherwise, IT am zoing to
take the liberty of sending them on to ovr min who writes the

Phonograph Monthly and let him use them if he wants to.

Owe Sopris
reer t 51 THALES SAT ER On
“egestas sie

Major James Otis Wooavard,
Burgesses Corps,
Albany, Wov York.

My dear Sirt-
yi duly received your epteemed favor of the

oth instant informing me of the action of the Burgesses

Cor:s in tendering me an election %o Life wmbership, to fill

the vacancy caused by the dealth of Anthony Wg. Brady.

Tet me say in reply tirat I greatly appreciates

tho nonor thus conferred upon me, and take pleasure in sgigni-

fying my acceotence of the aection.

Yours very srulys a

wher Chesen—

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2let, 1914.

Mr. KH. M. Saaly, -
and Stat? of

Seely. Offices Avpligaca Company,

114 Tiberty Stre:
New Yoru City.

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Gentlemen‘ - i
if
+ afforded my very much gratification to receive your 2

Roport of Saies for the moth of January, and to note the splendid

results shown “Gheraiy. Er-thusiasm and hustle appeared 211 the

way throush, sau i want bo sonp,ratulate and thant you all for the en-

couragenent you “re affordod ace

tn aféition to such a substantial birthday greeting as
this, let me sigG exprese oP sincere apyreciution of all your good

wishes to ma for bhat vceas loa.

Yours very truly,

ates | re

Feb. 21st,

er. FE. Cc. Barnes
Chicsse,
LI Lin0ise -

Gent iemeni-

It afforded me very much gratification
to receive your Revort of Sales for the month of January,
and bo noSe the splendid resurts showa thereby. Enthustasn
and pustle appeared all the way through, and I want to con-
crabagiobe und tnads you nll for the sncouragement you have
afforded me

In addition to euch & substantisl birth-

-ag this, let me also express my sincere apprecia-

“jl your good wishes to me for that occasion.

Yours very truly, J

hes a yee

fore iegierera,

Ea teal 3 Bee

Feb. 21at, L914.

Me. Joe M. Chapple,
g The National Magazine,
Boston, Mass.
Dea lr. Chapple:

Your favor of the 19th instant is at
hance, aad I wish to say in reply that I receive the
HMasuszine regularly. I have five copies of your"Heart
Sans", ond have had every song sung, and many of them put
on ng new Piss vhonograph. "Heart Songs" is a great
poole

Yours very truly,

lo 7“
g CLD tie, Bebe

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Feb» 20¢h, 1914.

ii. H. B. Clifford,
Waldorf Astoria,
5th Ave. & 34th Street,

New York City.
Dear Mr. Clifford: ; ~

I am in receipt of your favor of the
16th instant, the contents of which heve been read with
rmieh interest. |

T do not think you want tc deal with
Broitung. I certeinly would not deal with thut class of

wooule Por Love of money

Yours very

Funk & Wagpalls Company,
354 Fourth Avenue,
New York City.

Gentlemens -

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ifr. W P. Franois,
39 BoyCston 5t.,
Boston, Nasa.

Dear Francis:~
The birthday congratulations you sont mo were freatiy

for your kindsremembrance of the

atod ana I aant to thank you

apprees
occasion. It does me good to neve a reminaer that aome of the old
electris Light poys art still on the job.

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Fob. 26, 1914.

Hr. L. G. Gorson,
% John Wanamaker,
Broatway &£ 9th St.,
New York City, N. J.

Dear Mr. Gerson:-

Mr. volbeer has shown me your favor ot the 17tn

instent vo him. I xegret very much to learn of Mr. Wanamaker's

{Tiness and or nis {nabllity to get out except in clear weather.

It is impossible for me to atop orf at Philatelipals

as ne have accommodations yooked clear througn, but I wish you zonld

kindly eay to ir. Wanamaker that if.he can possibly some donn to

Ploriaa, to our town of Port ityers on the Gulf side, away from the

Wall Street type of poopie, I vill paarantoe his health aill bo in-
provea acloklye

Nr, nenry Tord and John Burroughs the naturalist

zli1 de with me, and ne novia show Kr, wanamnxer in that balmy cli-

mate some of the mysteries of nature. we aro all fisherman, bird

ant fiower lovers and hopo to got into the Evorglades to 5608 tha

creau birds, OF ahich there are myriads.
Yours vory

Feb. 18th, LOl4.

Lir. H. L. Hotchki$
© The Webstor, ‘

40 West 45th Street,
Rye, New York.
Dear Ur. Eotehkip:-

Tam in receipt of your esteomed Savor of the
Vth instant and am very glad indecd to hear from you. L remenber
you perZect ly well and the contents of your letter brins® buck many
old tine memories.

Nos in rezavd to the matter of diet, my suggesticn
te yon is to cyt down the amount you eat s2y 20% each month, eating
everything you please. If your weight keeps going up, as if will
from better nutrition, ent the diet down another 20%, sae keep on
nntil you juet commence to loge wetgat, then eat just enough to keep
your weight constant. It will take six or eight menths to pring
about an equilibrium, but when it hag once been prought abort, you
will want to climb a tree or run a foot wute.

tet mo thank you for your ind birthday wishes.

They aro very much appreciated, as well as your courteous remembrance

of the occasion.

With kind regards, fomain

ir. Valter 2%. Welland,
59 Zimhurat Avenue,
Highland Park, Michican.

Des: ike. Holland:

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SOU AEE.

Iothisk It ts too early at this

Mx. Ford abort you, but vould suggest that you walt sevhile until

the oleetric wagon is further developed, then I shalt have fre

pleasure in speaking to bin abovt you.

Taw juet setting ready to go to my Sloeiin home

fe weeks, and exroct to atert en Saturday. Mr. and ire.

for ou

down with mo, and undonhtedly we shell have plenty

Tam godng fy try

poter $9 the gabisecs,

wise LL a rest tris and wet talk mich aboub tosimegs.

However, when the preper time comes, Toghell

tt Rind

vanes a Em mete nae SEE:

Feb. 20th, 1914-

Miss Helen A. Hayes,
115 East 34th Street,
New York City.

Dear Miss Hayes:
I beg to acknowledge receipt of your favor of

the 7th instant onelosing tickets for the Concert of your

pupils on March 10th.

As I start for BPlorida to-morrow morning with
my family, to be gone about six weeks, it will be impossible
for me to use them, and I will therefore return them, thanking

you for your courtesy in gending them to me. I trust your con~

cert will be & great puccess. I don't think the tremolo will

be noticeable.
I have told Mr- Meadowcroft to send you 8 phono-

graph such as we gend out for amateurs to make their own records.

This will be accompanied by & supply of blanks, and you cen malice

some experiments with your pupils, and see if you can use it

successfully in your work. This machine will be loaned to you

for an indefinite period of time.

Yours V,

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Feb. 20th, 1914.

Mr. Hubert W. Harwerd,
34 York Street,
Ramsgate, England.

Dear Mr. Harward:-

I beg to acknowledge recaipt of your
esteemed favor of the Gth instant, end wish to thank you
for your congratulations on my birthdey and also for your
good wiehes in regayva to my welfare. Your courteous
remembrance of the occasion is very much appreciated.

I regret to learn that the phonograph busi-

ness has not flourished as you would like to have it, but

ag we

I think better times are coming for all our dealers,

expect to surprise you shortly in the phonog

Yours Vv.

eae

you after your ebsence, and sm please

Feb. 20th, 1914.

Mr. A. de St. Chamos,
6 Poplar Street,
Brooklyn, N. Y.

My dear Sir:-
I am in reosipt af your eateemed

favor of the L&th instant, and am very glad to hear from

a@ to learn that you

have had a nice trip through Japan.
In repard +o the natter of the
perfected phonograph and its introduction into Japan, our

Foreign Department has already taken stops in this direct2on,

and I doubt that we snould be able to make any arrangeme nt B

with you, the matter boing already taken care of.

tT nave asked Nr. Baison in regard
to giving you Letters of jtatroduction, 2s desired, put it
olicy, #9 he never gives eny such letters,

4g against his Pp
he must /ask to be excused.

acd in this case he says that
Trusting that) you are in the enjoy-

nent of good health, and with kind resaras, I remain

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Your favor of tho 9th instant to Mr. Edison
sag received anc reat ty him with a good deal of interest. :
he suggeation you make that he himself should bi
EH

etures has many times heen m

aprear in the talicing motion pi
ties, but he has never been
as he balks immediately

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able to bring

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before by various par

jvimse lL? to the point of really doing it,

ywhon the subject is presented.

Possibly we can find him in the proper mood

will capture him for posterity.

sometime and
your good yords and

®panking you for ind

interest, we remain
Yours very truly,
Baison Laboratory.

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jana, Peesident,
Baiagen Illuminating Cos.,

WAT Tt ams:

Tun in receipt of your esteemcd favor of the
tiug na if I ean name a tine, after my return
to meat zou and other membere of the Edison
ILiuminating Companies at a presentation dinner.

Allow me to assure you in reply that I am
daeoly appreciative of the honor that you desire to show to
* the Pact is, I am growing more and more averse to

bot

nitse dinners, as they generally result ‘in about a week
of ring for me. In the past few years I have Looked
forward dinners with a feeling somewhat akin to apprenen~
Side :

In the cirgunstances 1 ain somowhat embarras-
sek. bat to be quite frank would say that 1£ I covld be excus-
fuente indeecé be very creteful. There is no dowbt in
thot vou and my other fetands will fully appreciate
that it is not by reason of any weakness of the spirlt,
hay a weakness of the flesh which prompts me to write to

With kind regards, I vemeta

Yours very &>

Feb. 20th, 1914.

« Wm. Seaver Woods,

The Literary Digest,
44 East Twenty-third 5t.,
New York City.
Dear Mr. Woods:

in reply to your favor of the 1%th inst.,

let me say I believe that at the present time the
Literary Digest prints the most valuable and interest-

ing matter of any publication of similar character that

Yours veny tes

I kmow of.

xi penance smemoeTonreaeasanaseatine com

Fob. 26th, 1914.

Mr. Chas t.. Alexander,
Dept. of Applied Mechanics,

‘Pratt Institute,

Brooklyn, N. Y-

Dear Sir:-
Your favor of the 2ist instant to
Mr. Edison has been received. He has gone away to his
Winter home in Florida, where he will spend the next five
or six weeks.
; We would say in reply to your request
that Mr. Edison has been obliged to suspend the visiting

privileges of the Jaboratory and Works for sometime to come «

We are so very busy that we have found it a serious hind-

yance to our work to have parties of visitors going through
the shops, and in accordarce with Mr. Eaison's instructions
we shall be unable to comply with your desire.

Yours veny truly,

Baison Laboratory.

Feb e 26th, 1914.

Mr. Brace Calvert
379 Hancock Street, \
Brooklyn, N. ¥.

Dear Mr. Calvert:

I beg to acknowledge regeipt of your favor of the
23rd instant, and would say that I also felt a great deal of regret
that I was obliged to be away from the Laboratory when Madame
Calvert came to sing for Mr. Edison. It ip very rerely that I am
away, but once in a while it will so happen, and here is one ot she
opportunities that I have missed.

Now in regard to our making records of Madame Cal-
vert's songs, let me say for your informetion that Kr» Edison said
he was not quite ready at thie time to take up theae Folk Songs, but
expected to ao go a little later on, after he retarned from Floriia,
which will be ‘about the middle of April. of course, ite will taire
‘ps week or two or him to ¢lean up his ncowmlation of work, ané then
he will take up the subject of music agonist. Shere is no avavlate
certainty to the date or time when he will take up tote matter of
Poli Songs, but we shail pring the matter to his attention soon after
his return. Yor orci wrile oe apron gabon aii ees we

Yours very truly,

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March S, L924.

The Baker & Saylor CO«,
37. Zaet 17th Strest.
Union Squars, Werth,
New York City.
Gentleman:

Enclosed perewith find money order
sgue CRY OF LBiSURZ

for fifty.

($.50) sents for the publication
waich you sent to Fort Mye>3, wicrida.

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Kindly send the athar gubzication POULT OF

‘TWCOMPETENS? +2 Bort Myers, Fiorids, LU received fran

the publisher not Later taan Apes. Sthy, senaiws tht

Lapetasery Ter peng LEAe2S.

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anvoice for Bane to the
Pous Wey trubye

March Sth, 1914.

Bode Sea RS,
General Electric Company,
Ft. fayne, Ind.

Dear Mr. dipple:

In the early part of last mont’: 3x. Edison
received a typewritten letter enclosing copy of a song made
by one of your employees, Mr- oil, which you tuought might
a4nterest Mr. Béison- There was no name gigzied to the letter,
put we rather thought that it might have cosa from you, Bo I
am writing to ask whether this suppositior is correct.

If it is , Mr- Edison war.s me to thank you
for having sent him a copy of this song, which he found very
interesting reading:

He and his famity have gone down to Plorida
fox five or aix weeks, and 1 hope that ne will got the: rest
and recreation that he well Aagoyvere

With kingost regards to you vad yout family,
I remain

Yours very truly.

March 4th, 1924.

Mr. W. Ss Mallory,
Edison Portland Cement Co.,
Stewarteville, H. J. ;

Dear Mr. Mollory:-

A day or two before Mr. Hdéivon went away
Mr. Bugene H. Grubb, of Carbondale, Colorado, who is known ali
over the world as the Potato King, called and had a telk with
Mr. Edison. Be came to deliver a message from Ur. Inther
Burbank to Mr. Baison, and they had a fine time together. Ure
Raison suggested: that Mr. Luther Burbank join the party dowa in
Florida, and Mr. Grubb said that he would carry that message to
Mr. Burbank and thet Mr. Edison might probably see them both dow
there. ,

Mr. Grubb has written a boek on the potato,
and before he went away he said he wonld send me a eouy avd 21380
one for you, as the Manager of Mr. Edison's farm up thara. The
books have been received, and I have sent yours to you by mail. Tf
trust you will receive it safelye You ean acknowledge it direct
to Mr. Grubb if you so desire. ©
Yours very truly,

thee

BaP vt roo AR Ea ren

Maroh 6th, 1914.

ir. Thomas Ce Ballard,.
Morrigson, Plwimer
3° LO Feat Washi ngto
Chicsfo, ILL.
Dear Siri
Your favor to Mr. Edison has. been
roceivea: He hes ‘gone to Florida for a few weeks for
reat awl change, and therefore your letter cannot receive
hie attention until he returnse
‘Hawara ‘H. Johnson is still on deck and
wi believe is interested in electrical enterprises. His
address is 20 Broad street, “New York Oity.
Yours: truly, — .
Edison laboratory.

, els.

Miss Telen toulse Zsee:,
She Phonograph Compas,
£69 So. Vabush -
‘Chinsgo, ILI.

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uy dear iiss Eagen:

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I beg te acknowledys receipt 0
of the 3rd instant enclosing. copy of your

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| Yours very traly,
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9th, 1924.

Mr. Bugene H. Grubb
Carbondale, :
Colo.
Dear Mr. Gruvb:

I have receivad from your publigher, Dourleday
Page & Company, three copies of your book on the potato, one
for Mr. Dolbeer, one for Mr. MaTlory, the Manager of Mr. Edison's
farm up at Stewartseville, N. d., and the other for myself.

Allow ma to extend to you my warmest thanks for
this copy of you: valuable book, and I am sure that this is go-
ing to bee sources of great deal of information and interest to
me in reading the same. I have abowt ten acres back of my
house, and perhaps I can teke advantage of the secrets you are
giving aveay in your book and grow some potatos that will be worth
while.

I trust you nad a very pleasant trip hones, and
that you were able to gee Mr. Burbank and dndused him to go down
to Plorida to join the party @oyn there. Ho éoubt, if he goes

ou will go to, and I an eare that you will ell have 2 Torlous
& , y

time ‘together.

With kindest regards, I remain

Yourn very truly,

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€ H.-W. Hillmen,
Generali Vehigle Company, Tue.,
Tong Island City, N- Y.
Dear Hr. Hillman:
: Your favor of the 27th ultino to Hr. Edisin
was received, and T sent 17 down fo Wim in Florida, where he
staying for a few weeks at; his Winter home.
ee To hava just reaulved your letter beck from
him with a memorandum to the following offect.

He wiehes to thank you fer tha letier and the
information contaLned theroin. He says that he would like
you to tell Hre Feconer thst he, ir. Edison, will risk another
geal wiih wunother “icy om the san asis ag Hartforarif Ur.
Wagoner ep desicese

Z ‘expect Raison te return about the middle

of Aprile

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Mr. Pav: A. sovewell, Vice President,
TEM MERCHARTS JOURVAL, ae :
Topoka, Aarwsad. aaa
Dear Siri-
ie Your tavor of the 24th ultimo wag receiv- a
ad and has has due nongid@eratloas. :
Je vould gay in vaply that the reason that :
-o suyply reacraés in greater ii

the groat ditficulfies we have
We moat ask you to bear
Lamond Dige pheneogragh «..10
y ereates & new epoch ard W |
that are incident to She -
ney things Whe technical qneations lirstved. hi
able, and we have had trovble with our oY
nag with microscopi2 particles of dirt ;
She air, which would make their way ivto the surface

reacvie und so help to bring about rough seratchy surfaces.

siso nad vexvy. great trouble in. breaking in new help, end

wvg in abtalning the apeaial machinery that hee been

Coy manufacturing these records...

. We would say, however, thet within the
last few weeks wu huve inereased our capacity 25%, and thie
inerease will be continued. with comparative rapidity

Ag to artists of reputetion, we have quite
& larga suirber on our List of singers anda players, but no
matter how sreat the reputation of 2 singe: taht be we try
459 gecure only theea who Weve really good volavs. F

Mre Edison has been concentrating 2 creat
: uy iS

deal of his time and attention on the line of singers and of

vocal music, bRt gpddenly there came from all parts of the

country & tremondons demand. fox dance music, end he has been

obliged to switch his attantion to that. for: awhila. However,

he.ig still following up the matter of getting really fine eS,
voices and is gcourifag ell burope with this object in view. - ee
There will be no let up on.his part. to put on this Dise maohine
the very finest music that‘cen be produced.

Yours very, truly,

" Eadgon’ faboratory

Steimwny
109 Engst

fay Yor

Ae. Edison is away

ahont four weeks. Ct

In the meantime we vw
a fixed up so thit Lt 5

of April.

you plesse send for it, wd when

you had better Tet us have uw piuno

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March 11, 1914.

Standard Essence Co.,

Maywood, New Jersey. : :

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Attention Mr. EB. W. Preston, Sec.-Treas.

Dear Sir:-
Your letter of the 24th ultimo regarding

LITHIUM CARBONATE has been forwarded to Mr. Edison
in the South, and I quote his reply thereto:-

“pelays cn part of Mr. Ford has hauid up |

e cannot state whan Ford

starting new factery and w

will be ready. De not stock.up-until I get some

assurance from Pord".

Yours very tru’,

Pp. B.-= Ya think it would be well if you wound card

with e

ach drum a card. Like sample. giving your anil ysis.

neat ee en RET

1914.

h Lith,

Mr. William E. Horne, Secretary,
The Raison Portland Gement Coe,
Stowartaville, N. J.

Dear Mor, Horne:
I am in receipt of your favor of the 10th

iastaut, and have reo the contents of same with a great deal

of interest.
Please do not think for 4 moment that I intend-

ed to mike any harsh eriticiem, for I aid not. Your Office

is usuelly very prompt with its report, and I am getting them

All I wanted to do was to let

right along now every day.

you Imow that Mr. Baie on. was expecting daily Operhe from me,
and I 44a not want your end to be behind the. others.

I quite understand that at the peginning of the
moath there will be 4 little deley, but thet is all right as
we will always Imow the reason for ite

Yours very truly,

tad fs:
ad pata . . Sant

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Mr. Edward H. Joknsor
20 Broad Strect, a
New York City.

“Doar Mr. Johnsos:

Yours of the 27th ultimo sent to Mr. Edison dowm in
Florida wae received by him, and he has Bent it to me asking me to
let you know thiuti he was proatly pleased at the good reports you sent
him in rorard te the meeting at the Union League Club. He seys tho
point you make abeut advertiging in a lecture is 2 good one, and he

has asked me to show your letter to Hutch and have vim take note of

your remarhs on the eub ject. I have attended to this.

To eseeen to the matter of making 4 atandard motor
for Mr. Ford, ifr» Edison says that he will greax to Mr. Ford himself
about this. Mie requirement is 4 motor of 36 volts, 55 amperag
5000 to 3600 revolutions ner idinute, 2nd st met ba lignt end of high
eoonomy - ,

He apked me to got from you the answer to your conun-
drum, bub I believe T have ub from Euteh, whe Bays “hat ga man has to
get off his horse.

With kind regarde, TI vemuln

Yours very truly,

eV,

Pee

Eres

pene ar METER TN ONT

Marek wth, 1914.

lir. Ae Kobb
88 Leonard Street,
New York City.

Your favor of the 1lOth instant to Mr. Maxwell has beer

Dear Mr. Kobb:

forwarded to ne, together with a carbon copy of his rerly TO YOU6s

I am going to forward the same to Kr. Edison, who is
at gresent in Plorias, enjoying 2 well earned vacation. I am very
positive thet bir. Raison will bo greatly intarest:d in your letter.
It ig lovers af real music, Like yourself, whom Nr. Baison has had in
ming during all the yaers of strenuow work that he has put upon the
recent development of his phnonogreph, and he is always greatly yleasad
to receive coments ani suggestions from such.

I shoulda be very glad if you yould kindly inform me
as to which particular “iss of Palestrina you vefer to in cornection
with the Beneiietue mentioned in your Letter. IZ you have in mind
any other gelections from any of his works, Mr. Edison would be very
plad Af you we 1a mardion them to te, an? I will get the music so that
he may noar then shen he returns from Floridu.

Yours very truly,

Assistant to Hr. Bdison.

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March 20th, 1914.

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Mr. W. S. Mallory, President,
The Edison Portland Cement Co.,
1133 Broadway, New York.

Dear Mr. Mallory:

I am in receipt of your favor of the
19th instant, enclosing letter from Mr. W. S. Saunders in
regard to the Railway Storage Battery Cur Company.

The report in regar¢. to the Railway
Storage Battery Car Company quoted in ‘ir. Saunders’ letter
is substantially correct. There are, however, two very im-
portant qualifications. One is tha? the exclusive zvight
for the use of the Edison Storage Basiery merely relates to
4ts use for street cara, propelled uron rails, for earrying
passengers. The other is, that while the term of the oon-
tract runs for ten years, it may be terminated in sixty days
42 the minimum amount of business required under the ecntract
is not complied with. As you will see, these ere impor cart
qualifications.

Poasibly it might not be well te have any
letters floating around that might tend to injure or hAinaor
F. J. Idsman & Company's efforts. Mr. Edison's contract is

with Lisman and not with the Railway Storage Battery Car Co.
You may possibly think it diplomatic to call Mr. Saunders
up on the telephone and give hin the information I am giv~
ing you in this letter, rather than write to him. ‘Whatover

version he chooses to give his friend would be his ané not
ours.

However, I am going to leave you to handle this
matter in whatever way you see fit.

Yours very truly,

ON Meadow

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March 25rd, 1914.

Mr. B. H. Grubb,
Princeton,
Culiforaia.
My dear Mr. Grubb:
I amin receipt of your asteemed favor of
the léth instant, and greatly regret te learn that your grip
from you at the station when you were leaving New
have no doubt that it contained other articles whia:
also regretted to lose.
of course, I shall be delighted to send you
avotrer copy of the book and the pamphiet which I hended to you
when you were heres They are baing forwarded to you under
separate covere
I am sure that Ir. Edigon would greatly regret

the inability of Er. Burbank to go down and spend & while with

him in Plerida. It would have been @ great source of enjoyment

+o both of then, Iam very sures
With kind regards, tT remain

Yours very truly,

March

Mr. Henry J. Puller,
30 Church Street,
New York City.

Dear Sir:-

Your favor of the 20th instant to Mr.

Poyer of the Edison Storage Battery Company has been forwardod
to me for attention, as I usually take care of mattare ef thio
ind for Mr. Edison.

Tet m say in reply that I an arranring
with our Recording Studio to make an appointment with Mme.
Gertrude Auld te go to the Studio and make a trial record for
Mr. Edison. This will be attended to without delay.

Mr. Edison ig at present in Florida put
is expected to return about the middle of April, ywnen the record
will be sent over for him to hear and pass wpon. He personally
passes upon the voices of 231 singers before they are engaged to
make records for the now Dise phonograph which x. Edison has
recently put upon the market.

Yours very truly,
OW hicabewen
Assistant to ur. Ea Ne

ga i" PRESTR he SRR hcl

March 26th, iMiol.

Mr. John Perrari,
64 8. Portland Avenue,

Brooklyn, UW. ¥.

Dear John:

I am in veceipt of your favor of tne 47a

instant and would say in reply that = here «2 wasitiv

information as to when the new Studse <£12 os spenefi. Ff

asked Mr. Hutchison a few days arc, =24 ne ssit thet i«

Joa

expected to start work there in two or three necks. af

told you when you were here, I have neshing @ <21 to So

with this. It is Mr. Hutchison cho 3s ssmaglag ft, wx SF

think that you had better write to bis sHein.

Yours truly,

Moet

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Mrs. J. H. Price,
1Ié Seventh Street,
Streator, T11.

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Dear Neden: :
;

Replying to your favor, I heg to say that
the reason yeu aid not hear the surface sounds of the records
in our Chicago plece is that in a City there is a continuous
buzzing noise, which renders the ear ‘less sensitive to weaker
sounds, but in a smajl tow, ina private house on a quiet
street the ear is very sensitive, especially at night, and the
curface sounde would he heard more pisinly.

These sounds are primarily due to factory dust
and fine carbon from chimneys which gets into our mixture, but
ye are gradually eliminating these troublesome things. The
snaps that you hear are due to various causes which we are in-
vestigating very ¢losely, and are also cl€minating as fast as

nossible. —

Shere are enormous technical difficulties en-

countered in making this new type of record. I expect to over-
come them all in time and produce far better reproduction of
music then you have thus far heard on the Dise records which you

Ruvee

Yours very truly,

Ne mm a

a ee
ecamameemeenrecn erate POPC

March 30th, 1914.

Mr. Chas. D. Stanford,
The Elms,
Ipswich, less.

My dear Mr- Stanford:

Referring further to our yecent correspondence,

let me say that I neve sent your Letter down to Mr. Edison in

Florida, and have received it back from hin with a memorendum

at he canmot go into the enterprise you mention.
9 much complaint

to the effect th
When ne owned the Tansden Company there was 8s

from other manufacturers of trucks that he had to sell the con-

cern and get out of ite
Be says further in his memorandum why do you not

soe the General Motors Company about this.

Yours very truly,

Re |

Parte rraeiine

ER OTE

Barre

April ist, 1914.

» Prederick 1. Hoffman,
The Prudential Ineuranace Co.,
Howark, Ne J.

Dear Sir:-

Your favor of the 3lst ultimo to Mr.
Bdison has been reaeived. Be is away in Florida, tek-
ing & well-earned vacation, and I do not expot him back
until the middle of Aprile :

In his absence, I beg to say that we
ghall be vexy giad to have Prof. Farnam come over and visit
our Iaboratory and factory on Wednesday afternoon of next
week. I would suggest that he come over about 2 o'clock
in the afternoon of that day, so aa to allow plenty of time

to see things,
As Mr. Raison is away in Florida, a personal

interview with him wilt not be possible,
Yours very truly,

Aittygd
cafe yf! ft 4 z
Lo OP peed. cider Soc!

Assistant to Mr. Blistn.

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April ist, 1914.

The MacMillan Company,
64 Pifth Avenue, —
New York City.

Gentlemens -
Your favor of the 18th instant to Mre

Edison, addressed to him at Menlo Park, New Jersey, Was
forwagded here to the proper address.

Te book you mention” Progressiviem and
After", was never received. This might be accounted for
py the fact that it was probably addressed to Menlo Park,
New Jersey, and we believe this clasa of wail is not forward-

ede
Yours very truly,

. Eéieon Iaboratory.
LP

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April 2nd, 1914.

Dr. H. Robarts, \
Belleville, .
Tllinois.
Dear Dr. Robarts:
I am in receipt of your esteemed favor cf tue 29th uitimo, Wi

came as & surprise after so long a lapse of time.

I am afraid you have come to the wrouc Sher in regard to rad:

What I don't lmow about it would make @ act of bovks sufficisat to fill:

New York Library. The fact of the matt~r ty, i have never had any acti

dealings with this material, and cannot ba oz the siigntest help, unfort:

We have made no experiments with it here at the Laboratory, an

nately.
go there is no one around here wi.s san help you out with regard to your
Leoture. I would suggest ths. Fou comaunicate with Mre W. J» Hamner,

West 46th Street, New York ¢’".. Bo gan give you. a good deal of infor

tion about it.
I. am sorry to learn that you have had some trouble consequen

upon the Xrays. While they are bad enough, you are fortunate in that t

were not worse, and I am glad to ‘learn that you are getting slong prett;

nicely now. I was fortunate to escape with only just a few minor burt

They are.not handsome, put they do not give me much trouble.
Yours very truly,

yim “Meares: ofS
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April 6th, 19le.

Jas. Horsburgh, JYre,
Gen'l Passenger Agent,
Southern Pacific R-R.
San Francisco, Cal-

Dear Sir:-
yea from you for Hr. Rdison your feyer

& book ty

I have recei
n article enclosed therewith ,

of the 24th ultimo, also 4
any, a cone ind she-3~

Mr. John Muir, three pamphlets igsued by your comp
All of these I have placed in his a@eak, where ir wel

about two weeks. T shail, o>

see them on his return from Florida in

course, ¢all his personal attention to them.
ars ago i went out to the Paci

gs trip and 1 aid

Some ye fis Count by

rtunately it was 2 short busines

your line, but unfo
although I hed © great

not get time to go and see the giant trees,
It would appear that your company izead the
ribution, and if euch is the case T

with copies of them, sa I imtend te take &

the plassure of soving .

desire to see them.
three pamphlets for general dist

would like to be favored

vacation sometime and give my wife end sel?

these wonderful trees in person.

Thanking you in advance, T remain

Yours very truly,
Bil tovsen oo

Assistant to Mr. PAlgon.

_ sauisaoraniale
April th, 1

ur. Je M. Priaulz,

% Q. He. Ditaon & Company,
10 East 54th Street,

New. York City.

Dear Mr. Priaulx:

I am informed by Myr. Hayes, this morning, thet
the cylinder record which Was mado of the voiee of Hr, Bromber;
was passed upon by the Committee at the Recording Booms, instesc
of having been sent over to Mr. Edison. This, I think, was a
nisunderstanding of our directions from the laboratory.

I think it will perhaps be well for Mr. Brombe
to come over here and let Mr. Edison hear him in person Phen he

returns from Florida. I expect him home in about tro weeks, &

‘a8 soon as he haa cleared off his accumlated matters, he mtiz

ets; Ca

ready to hear voice trials again. May I suggest te you thet

drop me a line about this somewhere around the first of Nay.
With kind regarde, I remain
Yours very truly,

“

Appr om
OF a liace.,

ETEUSEEES

Ig ga «

Ao Ae

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April 9th, 1914

Miss Ada FP. Gardiner,
THE LAFAYETTE,
Portland, Me-

My dear Miss Gardner:

I received your favor of the lst instant. If you

do not always get prompt replies from me, you will know that it

is because I am so exceedingly busy that I have to neglect my
correspondence temporarily.

I am delighted to learn that the William Tell record
was so satisfactory.

We heve made several attempts to-make records of-the
Barcarolle from "The Tales of Ho ffman* but so far we have not
succeeded in obtaining one that Mr. Edison has consented to pass
upon favorably. We are still trying it, and as soon as one comes
through I ghall be very giad to let you know.

With kind regards and trusting that you are improv-
ing in health, I remain

Yours sincerely,

W Weds v5.

pees oP
Nene

395

“april 3th, 1914.

Mr. J. M. Hill,
405 Sharon Building,
San Prancisco, Cal.

My dear Mr. Hill:

I am in receipt of your favor of tho 2nd inst.-,
and recall our previous correspondence in regard to the
matter of educational films.

This matter has taken a gomewhat different turn
since you commmicated with me before. Mr. Edison is going
very slow on this subject at the present time, as he has not
been able to give as mch of his personal attention to it as
he wishes. It is developing slowly along & little different
line than that upon which we started out, and I am very sure
that for the present there will be no opening here for awhile,
for others to make connections. ;

Mr. Edison has set his plang in mind for oarry-
ing out this work and developing his geheme, but the thing
hes not yet assumed a definite shape. The time ig not yet.
right to make an application for the friend whom you mention.

Mr. Edison has not yet returned from Florida, but I
expect him in about ten days or two weeks. 80 far as ow
he -is having a fine time, but he never says anything about
it in his letters to me. All T hear on that subject is from
members of the family. Higa letters to me are just simply
full of business matters and nothing else. :
I trust you are well and enjoying life, and with

yindest regards, remain
Yours very truly,

pttiad!
A ME Nios ..
SCE aoe bey

April 15. 1914,

W. 1. Rdigon, Esq.,
Sussex Avenue.

Morristown. WN. J.
Dear Will:-

Are you to pay the fees in connection with

the patent on the "TOY Gim” which was recently granted

ta you and H. B. Palmer? If go, please let we kntw

how to. deduct it from your check, and have Mrs, Edison
O.K. it.

Yours very truly, =
w/t fa ws
He

Tettit>.

Secretary,

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April 16th, 1914.

pares Pear fF

Seer ere Se rn a

Mr. Halsey Hammond,
1121-25 Bedford Avenue,

Brooklyn, HN. ¥-

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My dear Mr. Hammond: -

Fo)
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Sees

in replying to your esteemed
ing Mre Baieon's absence in Florida, I have
ingly busy, 4t being my auty to keep in tou
aey, a keep hin posted about affeirs at the Laboratory and
Forks e
I am more than willing to 40 anything that I Alte
possibly can for you or your son, but in thia case I do not Hig
veh an arrangement a8 you desire. Bi. |

see any possibility of making 8
that most people are under & migapprehen-
ile

Y find by expsriense
pion as to the practical part of our organ
it is tre that Mr. Edison has &
great deal of experimental work, the men who are employed here
are ail specialists and experts in aifferent lines k
Since Mr. Baison went out of active touch with electricel
‘aatters some years 260,
yt engineering. except in regard to shop practice or in euch
‘spacial expe rime mt5 as Mr. Edison may have on hana at this time.
Yr. Edison has been applied to a great many
n college students during the Summer months,

ao go on the ground that it

‘thet: he has around
aut pefore nim according to his ®
g the slightest prospect of
ly too

various Lines.
in this regard, I
toy to make some arrenge-

ang Mr. Raison's policy
n the subject and

glad %o broach him ©
o your sone.

jng to make & 8 zastion
1 an thot anything wit result
a of the Generali =

, there is
John We Howell i

nent in regard t
to you, el-

oom it.

lectric Company,

¥arrison a technical engineering aepart-
coat of which Hr. g the nead- T do not mow

Mr. Halsey. Hammond,
Page Be
April 18th, 1914.

whether or not they are open to any such arrangement 48
thig, but 1f you wish you can write to Mr. Howell, and teli
him that you are a friend of mine. I am not sure whether
you will accomplish anything or net, but sanpray it is worth
the trial.

With kind regards, I remain

Yours sincerely,

al hal .

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Ce a ae oe

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APRIL 20th, 1914.

eo 8. H. Clark,
The University of Chicago,
Chicago, Til.

Dear Sir:-
Your favor of the ‘th instant to Mr.

_ Edison was received and sent down to him in Plorida where
he has been taking a vacation for the past few weeks. I
have received & memorandum from him this morning asking me
to reply to your letter to the following effeot.

. He says the Comma was inserted in the
Codification of the law on patents. fhe clerk who copled
the Codified laws put in a comma. ‘This was about thirty
six years ago. fhe comma was inserted in the wording that
concerned the expiration of the American patent at the time
the foreign patent expired.

Yours very traly,
x”: Este +

Assistant to Mr. Edison.

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449

April 20th, 1914.

Mr. Joe M. Chapple, Editor,
The National Magazine,
Boston, Mass.
Dear Mr. Chapple:

| Your favor of the 9th instant to Mr. Edison
at Fort Moyers, Plorida has been forwarded by him to me. He
wonders whether you mean Ada Rehan, who has been a favorite
actress with New Yorkers for many years. We never heard
of her doing any singing, but Mr. Edison wishes me to find
out from you whether it is Misa Ada Rehan that you refer to
fn your letter.

If so, and she is still living, we Will Bee
about getting a trial record. Will you please let me know
at your early convenience whether thie is the lady you refer
to.

With ind regards to Mrs. Chapple and yourself,

Yours very truly,
Ge :

’

Assistant to Mr. Edison.

April 20th, 1914.

Mr. Thos. N. Nelson,
409 - 9th Street,
Sparks, Nevada.

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Saree
ans

Dear Sir:-
Your favor of the 6th instant to Mr.

Edison was forwarded to him in Floride, where he has been

spending a few weeks at his Winter home.
We have received your letter back from | |

him with a memorandum as follows:

"We had an adjustable stop placed on the first
lot of our Disc phonographs that were sent out,
but customers never took the trouble to set then,
and we adopted the regular stop."

We return your Blue Print herewith.

Yours very truly,
Edison Taboratory.

aot ERR

April 20th, 1914.

Mr. John As Stewart, JX,
45 William Street,
New York City-

Dear Sir:-

{ received your asteemed favor 4 few days 869, which

was read with a great deal of snterest, and I assure you it gives

me a great aAeal of pleasure personally to learn that the Baigon

Diamond Disc phonograph nas proved to be such a source of gratifica-

tion to you. I have no fear of your pleasure aiminishing, 2&5 Mr.

‘Baison is constantly working to make the machine and records more
and more perfoct.

t have just received from him the letter that you
wrote to him on the 7th instant, which I sent down +o Florian. Ho

wishes me to thank you for your kind interest and to gay to you that

the wood horn is not generally good for music. It seems to be im-

possible’ to prevent tts"blurting” out on low notes when it is in

yisea RCA

tructions to garry out

He says that ‘he will give ins

and in accordance with iis directions

your suggestion about the Tangos,

I am going to take the matter Up with the Manager of the Recording

Studio.

OTN BIR ta

‘garetts

SNe,
tate

Apr}1 21st, 1914.

Mre. Theodore F- Borst,
15 Beacon Street,
Boston, Mass.

Dear Sir:-
B Your favor of the Lsth inatant has been
ies received, and sopies of your two story books have also come

4 to yunds
I have glanced over. tb
erial for good phonograph

ese bOOKB, and if seems

to we thet they contain suitable mt

It is a source of mush gf
cording these cnr my mew Biso

Igo gard Ing

atification to m to have

F
: . recormus.

r preference for re

you oxpress you
ga the Menager af om

and I have instruct

J Meee

Phonogrerh,
lisners 2: zrerarni ip

Studio to eonmuntaate with Fou and your pub
tee cuesticn as

x this

tev of dis cussing

making 2 test record with a Vv

to whother Ws gan make suitable business &rr&

work.

April Sist, 1914:

Mr. Joseph EH. Dodson,
3901 Assoolation Bldg.,
Chieago, Ill. :

Sear hire.’ Dodson:

I have just returned from Florida, and your
favor of the 17th instant is befor: me. Your Little book on

birds and bird nouses was received. It same to band etter
Mr. Porioond Mr. Burronghe had left Plerias. Xo reasé it and

enjoyed it greatly, und I thank you very much for eendings it

to ra.

I Ghink that both Mr. Zordé and Hr. Burroughs
would Like to have a copy of this book.

Yours very.

crest st tp ZERIT ERE
sin ong ente 1ghea Atte aia i Hh pe ARRAY RS Dee

Ser
Se

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Beso

| eae April 21st, 1914.

ur. Henry Olerich,
2219 Larimore Ave.,
Omaha, Nebrasim.
Dear Sir:-
Your fevox of the 17th inatunt,

enclosing sepy of reply to Sir Oliver Lodge's Inaugural

UIT
Seen

Addrese us President of the Eritish Association for the Ad-
vancement of Science has been received and read with a great-
| deal of interest.
| I think it ie a fine"reply", and
|

wovld say that I have no objection to having my nama_assocta-

ted with the other names, as indicated in 4

Yours very

% The Phonograph

April 22nda, 1914.

Mre Co Ee Goodwin.

On,
229 So. Wabash Avenue,
Chicago, Ill.

Dear Mr. Goodwin:
I am in receipt of your
Henrietta Wien of your city, mak-

favor of the 17th jnptant,

enclosing a letter from Mrse

ing inguiry about certain records.
Let me say in reply that I have maée inquiry out in

the factory and find that the working moulds of "Ie Felom”
will be ready May Ist, and offThe Rosary" on April 24th.
We have not listed any selection by the neme of

I am inclined to think that Mre- Wien

"Tonging for Home" -
Jed "Heinweh", which in the German

refers to the selection cal
Language means Tonging for Home. If thie is the one, we have
Catalogue number is 80075.

a gtock on hand.
a with kind regards, I

Qrausting you are well wi

rerain
Yours very truly,

APM Baebes

479

April 2énéd, 1914.

<a ere ain

| a Houghton Mifflin Company,
| i 4 Park Street,
? oi Boston, Mass.

ge!

: Gentlemen:

pet tes

I em in receipt of your favor of the 16th instant,

os
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in regard to to books by Mrs. Theodore RB. boret, together

S22 fell dain Caan.

with copies of these books. I have also reseived e letter

Sere

2
|

from Mra. Borst on the aubject of making phonograph records of

i. : stories.

So far as I can form an opinion from reading these

books, they ought to provide accoptable material for making

enone ves

phonograph records, and I have written to Mra. Borst, telling

her that I have asked the manager of our recording studio to

e with her as to making a test record with s vio of

comunicat

” the possibility of making some business arrangement, baeca upon

the success of the sue.

Yours ae

os Ct \Lobecaon—-

April @2nd, 19%¢.

Mr. Robert Undervood Johnson,
32? Iexington Avenue,

New York City.

Dear Mr. Johnson:

On my return from Plorida, I find your favor af the

12th inetant on my desk,

In xoply, let me guy that while I sreatily appreciate

the compliment you pay me in asking me to tecome one of the
Founders of the American Academy of Arta aud tetters, I cannot
See my way vlear to send you an acceptance. The fact is, oy
business intacests and expertmental work have grom te such lerge
proportions, that I am greatly desirous of concentrating all x
attention on these things, which concern me e090 closely, and of
withdrawing from all sffairg of & public nature.

Allow me to extend to you and your
thanks for your courtesy in eongidering my nscre

Yours very trp3

ARC E IAERR SI AO a eas Ep i

Se aR ae

April Rene, 1914.

John Stewart, Jr.,
45 William Street,
New York.

Deer Mr. Stewart:

My. Mesdoweroft has ghown mo your letter to him of

the 14th inatunt, and I have been much aratified to learn how muck

pleasure you nave derivad from your diac phonograph. After work~-
ing hard for many years to attain a high ideal in the reproduotion
of mic, it afforda me & poouliar DLaeeiee to learn that FT have
succeeded in appealing to the toate of discriminating lovers of gang
musica. Tharefove, Your letter 1s very “encouraging to me.

It occurs to m that possibly you might like to ran

over some day and take a look around the Tevoratory. I? so, ze

ghall be glad to have you come over, and 1% you wish, to bring §
friend with youe You cau telephone to Mre Meadowcroft in s&vaned

and he will sec thet you are teken good care of.

April 24th, 1914.

The Casein Mumnifacsuring Coie
Hanover Bask EBuilii:
Pine and Hassan Strocts,
Bex York.

Gentlemen:

Your favor of the 20th instant, asking
whethor Ur. idison has completed his experiments with
Cassin has er receivad. Ee requests us to say in renly

that the thing he wanted to do he finds emmnot be aceomeliah-

al ty Casein, and therefore we shall not be in the market
for any supply of this material at this time.
Yours very truly,

Edison Laboratory.
Aan

area re cane tr eo TE

April 24th, 1914.

Mise Alice Adele Folger,
JO38 Pine Street,

Cineinneti, Ghic.
Dear Miss Folger:

On my return from Plorida, 1 find your faror
of the 14th tnstant on ny desk.

She enntente of your letbher affords ine much
pleasure, and I wish to extend my thanks to you for your
kind assistanve to Mrs. Tlsen in consummating the arrangement

mentioned.

Yours very truly,

ee Coe

sue

Ber. 25, 1914,

My. Harry V. Atkinson,
2517 Spruce Screet,
Philaacelphia, Pa.
Dear Sirr~

Your favor of the ~2nu instant was rocolived sna
shown to Mr. milson.

He wishes me to say that if you are willing to
come on trial ac Ninevy dollars a month on Hesvaron work and

Experimenting, you may come as soon as you like.

Yours very truly,

Assistant to Mr. rdison,

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498

Apr. 25, 1914.

Prof. 5. H. Clark,
The University of Cnicugo,
Chicago, 111.

Dear Sire

Tam in recuipt of your faver or the 22n0 instant,
but am arrald it will be some time berpre Mr. sdison will be able to
give any attention to the matter,

He has just returned frem the South and not anly is
there a vauu anouht of ucuumlatet work before him, but ne hae entered
upon & mite investiration or some very tmporcanc Suojeots, and has
already began to work day and nipht apain. He lurt the Laboratory
this mocning about 8 o*elock to go ond Get oreakrasy, after working
all nignt. . :

His prusen, investigations will require some weeks or work,
ana in the meantime it is our care to hola back any matters that
are nut of tne mast urgent impys tances.

Yours vury truly 7
DH thenre aap
Assistant to Mr. wai ggl.

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f

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eee eared

Ltt Se SLT

FESS

pein 2 iniateree tse

Sos SE

April. 27th,

pr. EB, W.. Caldwell,
‘ 480 Park Ave@e, =
| Yew York City.

i! Dear Dr. Caldwell:

My. Hdigen has returned fromm Florida,
and I have laid before him your fnvor to mei of the 9th

ultimo.
He sayy in reply to your questions

that he did not try all. the fluorescent erystala phote-.

He tried them only visually. He says
‘ing hundreds of chemical

graphically.
there are liats ef cryatala compris

substances that are fluoreacent. under the X rays. | He says.

that these lists will pe found in X ray literature.

All the records of our experiments here
are buried under o masse of material, and 1 have no idecr

coat where 16 earch for them. Bven if I could find them,

they would not be of much use to you, AG all of lr. Edison's

experinente | were visual and ‘not photographic.

With. Kindest regards T remain, 4

ery truty,

Yours.

cas di aan Dena rma 1a

pas Pena

Nr. Hans Zeeman,
¢ Mr. Thowas A. Edison,
Port Myers, FPloriaa.
Dear Sir t-
In the basket on tne vaple which <r. ism used

vor writing upon while he was there the last few weeks, Tnere ana

erm device maae up of a fea pieces of tin. Se lect it there i

the basket. Hey wants you to please pack it ourerulay sma sera tt

to Dey oy express.

FRero ts anotner matter~
Nr. Eaison waste wo te seno you <me onalnsen peckere
of scads he has yeealvad "rom Valifernia. “ges are pice iret weedz,

am he wishee you te plant wea in tne rercen ant eqerntm wrest cure

tn trvine to raise them.

Assistant to xr. Sdison

Mrs O. P. Aveatin, Sec.,
we oat

iv ntional Geographic Society,
washington, D. C.

Dear Sir:

un my r-turn from Florida i find your favor
of the 23rd ultimo, and have signed the nomination
blank whien you will receive in separate letter
from my Assistant.

Let me say that my two favorite magazines

are the Literary Digest and the Nationnl Geographic

Magazine. The gubject matter and the photograp

in the latter is for vetter than in any publication
that I know of.

Yours very aN

oo a eee

~ April 27th, 1914,

ir. UW. H. Atkine,
i Sdieon Electric Tliumin:ting Co.,
| 39 Boyloton St.,

Drea eaeee

=
it

Bosten, Lass.

Wo eee

ray

Dear vr. Atkins;

Some weeks ugo, Billy Ree troughtinto the
litrary here a framed picture of myself taxen many yenre
age up ut the Concentrating plent - Billy told me tnat

you hud sant this to me with your compliments.

in presenting this picture to me. My wife also appreciates

it greatly and nus asked to have the picture sent up to
the house.

with kind regards, I remain,

\
i
| I want to thank you for your kind thoughtfulness

Yours truly,

very

. - | | “he

April 27th, 1914.

ur. Thos. C. Ballard,
guorriseon, Plummer & CC.,
330-314 We washington Ste.
cnicageo, Tllinois.

Dear Sir:

yeturn from Florida, 1 find your favor

the mail that has peen kept

on my
of the 25th inetant among

until I came yack to the Laboratory+
I am glad to heer from you after so many years,
you have enjoyed my new Disc phonograph

also to Learn that
neers in exhibiting

so much. ‘AB you were one of the pio
chines in 1878 you will realize the

the old tin foil ma
years of hard werk. :

development tnat nace taken 60 many

ith kind yegares,
Yours very truly

J remain,

rae

weet g case cee a

Mr. Court Freshel,
603 Roylaton St.,
Boston, Mass.

Dear Sir:

ASLAM aA Son RARE a Me

- YT have returned from Florida and find your
favors of the 10th and 27th ultimo awaiting wy. attention.
in reply 1 beg to say that you may use my name
as one of the Committee in connection with the wemorial
to be erected to the memory of Thomas fuinzs I am tro
busy to give you uny of my time on this matter, but you
may use my name in addition to the others wentioned in

sean
+e

your letier, as a member of the Commi Ge

Yours very

foes) ro Cs :

D39

Deutsche Edison Akiumulatoren
Dronthetmerstrasse 35-36 :
Berlin, W. 20, :

germany »

Gentlomen:~

betas I beg to acknowied re recelit of your favor of the ?th imst., ond
to thank you for the statement of royalties on batteries a0ld by you, as
well as for the check on the National Sank of Commerce, New York amount -
ine to $519.93 in payment thereof. — ; :

n Under my agreement with you I am entitled to royalties on all
storage battexy cells manufactures by you during the life of the arres-
ment. In my letter of Oetober 3¢, 1913 I made fhe concession +2 not
requiring you to pey revsity on any eell prior to its shiprent from your
factory, said souteceinn talas made, as set ?orth in said letter, without
prejudice te oF rignt to receive the miniumm royalty provided ‘cr in the
agreemant. .Therezove, Tam at this time entitled to royaities on All
cells which were shipped Trom your factory during the Strat quarter of
1814 whether such eelis were ectualiy gold or. whether. they were ahi pped
on consignment. T am inclined to think that you hove ovyerLouked this
point, 4nesmich as the check you gent me voverp only cella actualiy solc.

notice ‘thst unier the terns.of the epreement you
ment of all celis manufectured by you during each
concession mads in my letter of Detcber
50, 1915, I growld say thet cach staterent shoulé give full information
regarai ng all cells nuunvufachared by you 4uri ng ener quarter YOer, Ae
algo regarding all celis shivned from your Zestory during cach guester

Yeare

4
‘

You wili eiac
€

should send me a stat
quarter year, and iu view of one

1.98, which T have

auarte: of the yes
Sament of cella
Sor the reyalties

tT have eredited ye with the check for |
applied on account of royalties due me for ;
r : + a ay3qt us
Ais, and smll be obligenr LF you Wilt now Sey {
shipped by you on consipnzent, together with Your shes

due to me thereon.

Will you kindly send ug a copy of pour caesews
our uso in verifying statement 8. ee

Yours very truly,

wore
}

n42

April 29th, 1914.

Mr. Ben CG. Holt,

% The Holt Manufacturing Company,
60 Church Streat,

New York City.

Dear Sir:-

I have received your favor of the 25th inst.
asking whether Z can use one of your Cutsrpillar machines
down at my place in Florida.

let ma say in roply that I have no open lend
there. It is all trees, which I vant’to retain.

Have you ever had your Caterpillar used for
the pulling out of the Ploride serub palms? otf not, thera is
a large field in Southern Florida for this wrk.

Yours very t :

J have seenthe piclune, de good.
$

April 29th, 1914.

Hon. Gifford Pinchot,
1212 Real Estate Trust Bldg-,
Philedelphia, Pa-

Doar Mr. Pinchot:

On ny return from Florida after sn absence

of several weeks I find on my desk your favor of the 4th ultimo

—

in regard to using my influence with Mr. Henry Por to have

him come out for the Progressive Party.
Tet me say in reply that while I heve every

wees Se =

wish to forward the intereat of the Party, I aannot see my way

clear to do what you ask me to do, aa ft regard it as too deli-

; cate a matter for me to approach Mr. Ferd
Yours very %

=
&
:)
|

-aanseepen aes agran wrnmearpnnamenne Sof CUEE HIRE momen une.

April soth, 1914.

Mr. George H. Kaltachmidt,
Clerk of Board of Trustees of
East San Diego Sshool District,
East San Diego, Calif.

Serpe

Dear Sir:-

On my return Prom a few weeks! vacation in

Florida I vind your favor of the 30th ultimo informing me

one of your new

that the Trustees heve given my name to
Public Schools, in accordance with a request made by the

children of your School District.

Allow me to express to the Nrustees and to the

children wy appreciation of the honor they have thereby con-

you all for the sentiment implica -

a ce ee

ferred upon me and to thenk

in the compliment thug paid me.

- ie i

Dot

“en

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: i
[pO 7 May let, 1914.
Mr. A. Xobh,

| % Ohas. Chipman's Sons,
68 Ieonard Street,
| New York,

oti = Paid
a a i SE
SS a a

| ;
Dear S3ir:-

Your favor of the 26th ultimo has been.
brought to my attention, and I would say that wo have on
hand a lot of records made for ue by Boxi, Déstinn and
Martinelli, which will be issued gradually.

During the years I have spent in developing
my diac phonograph, the one etandard in my mind has bésn
that it should be the medium through which high clases misic
ouly should be recorded by artiste of real merit. Innocent-
, ly 4 , 7 agpumed in the beginning that high class
: artigta who, generally speaking, talk much about their love
i for their art, won}d giatly join ‘hands with me and for 4
i fair or even extravagant compensation wonld make recoris
whoge reproduction would do justice to their voice and art.
Y have been disillusioned, and fini by experience tat with
aimet all artists of either real or press~agent reputation
eo money, and money only, thet counts. Although we {
spms, they have in some oases 1

en TE oe

have peid our artiste larg
thrown ua over for a little mre mney
whore etrongest aivertising point is e liet of names.

| offered by companies
| ; | ZI am sonstantiy on the Look out for artiates of
{

yeal merit, and with past experiense in view am arranging

matters a little differently when i fina ee
eas eee
" fae

res Bat ees

She

eerste.

582

May Sth, 1914.

Raison Laboratory.

Your favor of the 30th ultimo to
Yours very truly,

Mr. Edison was received, and he wiehes us to sey in reply
that at one time Willierd 0. Greene was employed in the

Rochester, N. Y-

225 Powers Building,
Jaboratory, but he has not been with us for wore than 4

Gent lemen: ~

Measrs. Keenan & Keenan,

year past.

~@ er se eee em ramen

TATE
: Saenger

‘i une Mey Sth, 1934.

My. Edwin W. Preston,
so.
Dear. Mre Preeton:

I am sorry to be compeiied to make & 2reit —
less report to you,after alle We fount the Ietter from
the German Comany, but tb did not ‘give the name of the
consesn from whom they had been buying their iftnia- It
_ pimply says that they have ponght their Lithia from the
sane concern whioh had been supplying it to thee rignt alos.
Ervidentiy Nr. Edteon had an iupreseion that the nam c2 ths
concern was given, but it was note =.

+ am sorty thet ¥ cannot give you Just the
information that you want.

Yours very treaty,

Asgistent to Hr Ediecn.

sore

i
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i
i

May Sth, 1914.

- Prank & Sprague,
165 Broadway,
Yew York.

My dear Mr. Sprague:

Your fever. of the 2né inatent enclosing &
Yetter from Prof. Xarapetotf cane. te. hand © Theae latter
bave been Wid vefors Mire Raison, and he wants me to Sey
te you that he docs not want, to put out piano records.
yet, an he thinke that the tachbniqne has not yeschea the
point of sufficient perfeation to wake & good piauo record.
‘Re. wishes wa to say, howswtar, ‘that he ta constentiy 6z-
perimenting on thig Line. aad hopes, ahextily to be able to
record the phano prfteatiy- .

With ktm regarés, T remabn.

Yours very +raly,

assistant, to Mr Badiecne

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Mr. Do J. Walker,
2332 Ridge Avenus, cE
Phila. Pa. Ge
Dear Sir:- LE
rare
Your favor of the 4th instant in regsr2 iB i
ee np am ets nS | be epee
to a reproducer to play Edison diso records on Victor oF 4
Pate o Pa a ‘ Bt H
Columbia machings han: been rece iveas’ °We would say in resis a ‘
that Mr. Edison haa no desire or intention to mke reprodncere a
of this kind, and while he thanks you for the opportunity of Bee

making one according to your sketch, che will not avail himselt
of the gamo for the above reasons

Youre very truly,
Edison TYaboratoTy-

May f. 1924.

Mv dear Ferzusonn:~

Woat 18 the :natter witn your Walker

truck people ? “ney owe the Storage Battery Company
a360.808.AL since January 1944.
They won't answer Our letters: piease

etir them un.

With kindest regards. I am;

Very truky yours. ZY
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Louis A. Ferguson, Fea,
Second Vice-President.
Commonwealth Edison Co.
120 West Adams Street.
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592

May 6th, 1914,

Mr. Albert Mildenhberg,
. ENE
Dear Sir:

: Replying to your favor of the 24th ultimo, in
which you state your desire to have a phonograph record made
of the complete opera score of your new opera "Adrienne", let
me say thet it would be too expensive a matter to record the
whole opera, including recitatives, incidentel music, etc. It
might come within reasonable pounds to record all the Arias,
auetts, trios, quartets, eto., and as to this I would suggest
that you go down to our Recording Rooms, #79 Fifth Avenue,

New York,and talk the mtter over with Mr. Walter H. Miller,
the Manager there, who will report to me the results of‘your
discuasione

Yours very truly,

Te ee EN

nod ! |

May 6th, i914.

Mr. Oswald Garrison Villard,
% The New York Evening Post,
20 Vesey Street,

New York City.

Dear Mr. Villieri:-

I have roceived your favor of the 30th
ultimo, together with copy of your previous letter which
was received during my absence in Florida. ,

Let me say in reply that I have put this
matter up to our Advertising Department several times, but
they have always said that thay could use the appropriation

to greuteradventage. However, the next time we make an

appropriation, I will insiat on the Evening Post getting a
share of the advertising.
With kind regards, I remain ene eee

ene

Yours ve ry_truly < a

ok a

Lee carne

Ut
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ined
we

May Sth, 1914.

tas

Mr. Edwin R. Weeks,
604 New Nelson Blag.,
Kansas City, Mo.

Dear Mr. Weeks:

I have received your favor of the 50th
ultine, ani am glad to hear from you. The clipping you
enclose. ftom the Kansas City Star of April 19th, 1llustrat-
ing one of ny earliest dynamos used by you in Kansas City.
brings back a host of recollections of those hustling days,
thirty four years ago, when there was a busy buuch of us
marsing along the infant art that hes since grown to such
large proportiona. I am pleased to see that you are still
in the game, and hope you have many years of agtivity before
ee. en

Yourg ae Taly , ee
- per os ote
ye Thea Ch choses...

neal

acs enaemet ccssremmaam

590°

May 7th, 1914.

Mr. Je Me Dimmick,
127 N. Sheldon Street,
Chicago, T11.

Dear Sir:-
Your favor of the 5th instant has been received.

In reply we beg to say that we should be only too glad to give

you the information that you osk for if it were obtainable. The

assay of the ore which your father sent to Mr- Edison was made

over 30 years ago, probably at the Menlo Park Laboratory, #6

po one Imows at this date where the old records are. Many of them

have been destroyed, ami it would be the work of monthe to try.

and hunt up the information you want and in all probability 4t

could not he found. Mr. Edison has had several laboratories

since that time, and his papers have been moved about & number

of times Consequentiy, it would be Like hunting for 4

particuler grein of gand on the sea shore-

Yours very truly,
Edison Laboratory.

607

Myr. Robort Grau,
53 Elm Avenue,
Moupt Vernon, N. Y.

Dear Mr. Grau:
I received your favor of the 25th ultimo,
Iet me

regard to the new book upon which you are ‘engaged

gay in reply that I believe it is a great mistake to show

the public how motion pictures are made
ultimately in the loss of immense

It destroys the

$liusion and will result
o the moving picture industry «
o copies of.your new

sume of money t
I have subscribed for tw

‘book "The Theatre of Science”, and have sent the subscription

paper to my secretary with instructions to forward a check

therewithe = 7 ee

ane
eM Rect

Erne oe

pons

Mr. Calvin W. Rice, Secretary,
; The American ‘Socioty of Mechanical Engineers,
#29 West. 39th Street,
New York.

Dear Mr- Rice: 3

I duly received your favor of the 15th ult.,
in regard to the application of Mr. H. EH. M. Kammerhoff,
and would say in reply that I will stand sponsor for hime
Mr. Hanmerhoff has just completed a good piece of engineer-
ing work for me-

PA, DEALT PAT OY

Heated died b ge 2

sera ee SS

SEE SN

ane

ane Perticne

ary ermarpragicvenerere ay sree mere

“May 9th, 1914.

Mr, Thomas K. Ws Carter,
President, Public Service \Corporasion,
Newark, Ne de
Dear Ur. Io Carter:~- ;
I am sure you believe in reoipresity. Hy

Companies purchase a freat deal of "fuice” from yours, and my

employess have handed over a larre number Of nickole te your

trolley lines for many 7ears. Why cannot you usé my cement in
your nen eaenacad wore ?

, May I. send our Tice President, #0 nas charge
of coment sales, to teik to you or your representative ?

Yours very

en nae
aa mE SEO

May 8th, 1914.

Stas

tae = Kabb,

% Chas. Chipman's Sons,
88 Teonard Street
New York.

wa)

SS Ee

Dear Sir:-
On reading your favor of the 6th instant,
which I found very interesting, I notice that you are very

Silas minn orotate ss

much in sympathy with my ideas about singers. I have been

s0 much misunderstood on this subject, that it is a real

relief and pleasure to me to receive a letter showing that

my ideas are appreciated by some real lover of music.

I am working hard on the manufacturing

Seo SS

technique of the records, and as soon ae I get things fixed

to my satisfaction I intend recoming Beethoven, Brahms and

ee eed ene

the best symphony and chamber music.

Yours very traly,

May 12th, 1914.

q .@. Fe Elliott,

W. U. Tel. Company,
195 Broadway,
New York City.

i Dear Sjr:- oo
Mr. Edison requests us to acknowledge

| ,
e receipt of your favor of the 9th instant, and also of

three copies of the song entitled "yl Kissed Her in My

sith

Dreams”. He has sent this up to the Music Department
i here at the Iaboratory, and as goon as he gets time will
jeagee heve one of our singers ging it for him to see whether it

4g available for the phonograph. As to thie he will advis

you later.
Yours very truly,

ey.
te

Baison Laboratory.

Ean

er SHE TERE eae
Storer err RETREAT a,

Moy 13th, 1914-

Mrs. Belle Yendey Evans,
Fort Myers,

Ble.

Dear Madam: -
the Laboratory

Raison has forwarded to

r of the 2end witimo in regard to ant roduc =

your favor to he
ew York city:

th Traoue of UN

We would susge
artment, #79 F4
who will tex ye a cyan

anda send a4 over

ing Miss Blizene
1 Wiss Trabue

gt thet you a8
fth Avenue and 366

to call at our Recording Dep
er there,

Mr. Walter HB. Miller, the mas
y Miss Trapue

a voice trial »
If Wiss Srabue wt

ander record of
5 upon

o hex and pas
ur. Miller, th

for Mre Edison t
e matter will

present the enclosed r1etter to

tent ion-
Yours

receive proper at
very truly,

Mi filteasnoref S e

Agsistant to Mure ahi

May 12th, 1914.

Mrs. Jennie Ross Standart,

H. Boulevard
Colle Pointe,
Tong Isiané, N. Y.

Dear Madam:-~
I am in receipt of your favor of the
, Sth instant, in regard to making an appointment for you to
coma here and mike a voice trial for Ur. Edison.
Iet us say on Friday of this week at
2:30 P. Ma, or if that date does not euit you let it be
; Monday or Tuesday of next week at the same time. Please
notify me. whet aay you. will be here.
The boat way to come here is by the
Lackawanna Reiiroad, leaving the train at Orange, then walk-
ing up one block to the Main Street and taking 4 trolley
for West Orenge, which will let you off right at the Iabora-
tory door,

:
; : Yours very traly,
iy

Assistant to Mr. Ed

sees adie PELE

San eS

May 12th, 19%

- Samel Wieder,

Zeon Mann Company,
906 Broadway,

' New York City.

Dear Sir:.

r Replying to your favor of the 9th inst., }
I beg to say that I cannot make appointments for Saturday
afternoons.

Migs Eisenberg may come here on Friday
afternoon at 3 o'elock,if convenient. If this time is
not convenient for her, you can call me up on the telephone
{908 Orange), and we will make another appointment.

The best way to come is by the Iackawanna
Railroad, leaving the train at Orange. Then walk up to the
Main Street, take a trolley for West Orange, and that will
let her off right at the Iaboratory door.

Yours very truly,

WN kleadow

Assistant to Mr. Edistn.

“Mr, Weld Arnold,
Nutley, *

New Jersey. 2

Dear S8ir:-
I am in recoipt of your favor of the 8th

inetant, and note your question in regard to the seventeen

hnrdred candle power, nitrogen-filied, tungsten- filament

lame. You ask why it must de kept in @ vortical position

when lighted, snd T would say for your information that the

tungsten vyolatilizes in the gas and goes upward and deposits

on the glass. amd Yaus slope ea af haft——

Yours truly.

672

May 14th, 1914.

Mr. William H. Carmint,
Narberth,

Pas

Dear Sir:-

I have received your favor of the 12th instant, and
have spoken to Mr. Edison about making an appointment for you to
come over here to make a voice trial. He has not been mking any
appointments lately because he has had such an immense amount of
important work on hend that required his personal attention and kept
him busy day and night. It will be uncertain when he could make &
definite appointment, and he suggests that you go to our New York
Recording Rooms, #79 Fifth Avenue, New York City and see the Manager,
Mr. Wal ter H. Miller, who wili take a trial cylinder record of your
voice and one of your songs and send it over to Mr. Edison so that
be may hear it and pass judgment upon it.

As you are some little aistance from New York, it might
be well for you to communicate with Mr. Miller py mail in advance of
your going to New York in order thet you may make an appointment for
the purpose of mking this triel. In your letter you can state you
have a note from me, or, better still, it might be well to send him
this note so that he will know whet kind of a record to make for Mr.

Edison.

I presum it is unnecessary to state the fact, put

we always do it to prevent misunderstandings, that we do not pay the

Assistant to Mr. Edison.

Yours very traly,

2 aetna oe

Car mint,

expenses of singers going to our Recording Rooms to make

trial records.

Mr. William EH.
Mey 1th, 1914.

Page ~-2-

Hay 13th, 1914.

Mr. Chas. R- DeBevoise, Presifent,
Chas. R. Debevoise | Company,
Rewark, Be de. 4

Dear Sirs-

Iam in receipt of your favor of the 1rth

instant, and would say in reply thet it is impossible to bring

about reforms suddenly yhen men nave formed certain habits> I
think beer should heve ite aleonol redneed to et from 3-1/2 te
4, “nich is whet 44 uow. contains, generally apesxing- T think

that strong Hquors should. be abolished. Then, in the course oF
twenty or thirty yearo hance reduce the percentag? of alcohol
an peer to 1-1/2 %, and ‘ayunkenness will practically coase to
exist.

She newspaper stem vas not ‘gorrect in ragars
40 the vending of the signe. Cur. signs in the laboratory read
eB followe; "Che smoxing of aivarettas is pronintted in this
Laboratory”

ay, oe
Yours Very

676

Mey 14th, 1914-

Brother Joseph Dutton,
Kelawao,
Molokai, T. H.

Dear Sir:e
vacation in

hought fulness

On my return from a few weeks

+ I am indebted to your kind t

Ploride, I fini tha
which hag been made up and

for a deautifal plaque made of Koa,

forwarded to me py the Hawaiian News Company, Ita. at your

request.
s to you ny appreciation of

I want to expres
que and peautiful gift, ani

your courtesy in sending me this uni

to thank you for the same-
I eam vot quite sure whether or not I acknowledg-

good wishes you extended to me on ny sixty

I aid not, allow me to thank

seventh birthdey- If
your kind remembrance and all the good wiehes you oxpress

ed the receipt of the
you now for

ea for

my welfare.

Yours. very traly,?

1 Aacs OV de (veh

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May 14th, 1914. ;

Hawaiian News Co. td-,
Pp, 0. Box 664,
Honolulu, gt. He

Gentlemen +=
On my return from. a few weeks vacation in

Plorida I find your favo
plague maie of Koa, which

yr of March 4th aa also the peautifal |
you have pad made up ana sent to ;
a

me at the request of Brother Joseph Dutton.
Allow me to compliment you on the peauty of

the workmanship aisplayed in making thie plaque, and to thank i
y in sarrying out the wishes )

‘you for your kindness and courtes:

ther Dutton in the. making end sending of the same to me- ‘
I have written a letter of acknowledgment to :

rewith, asking you to !

of Bro

Brother Dutton, and enclose the same he

kindly correct the address if necensary ani feresra to Hin.
ruly,

Interraticnale-Tinoindustri e-Ausstellung

VITT., Rékdcai-ut 53,
Sudepust, Thingryy.

Tlicve been directed ty Mr, Ediscr to eckmewle

17th wlt,, amd te advise you that Mr, maison is

acotpt, bat tefors deciding, he wishes to ingaixe

“

pos are

into a few points through lf. Thomas Graf, Terlin, whe is ut present

hore, and whe wiTl call om you soon efter his

rs Deed : P44 Cet Tira
towoedg the end of this, or veg

Mr. Charles Eqley Hall,

New York & London Preeas 4ean. Thee,
FLB West 85th Strest,

Mew York City

Bear Bir:-

tT have recpived your favor of the 5th

iuetant in regard to your Asaoctation's forth eoming work
and beg ho say

6 i b- gec TE
Vsmerioun Banking Elnanclsl achievers

thet. you may enter my gubsaription, for one copy of the

woFk, wher, completed, at $50.
return herovith the manuscript by

aa
a ie

tn which two or thres frifling

; "axe EThws, sd
Bester E. var Hiiwarde ,

corrections hevs besn meha. I.aiso sond you 4% autcpraphes
2

photograph by thig mii uniar seyarete cover.

ase
Yous yers-eTaly,

May 12th, 1914.

| Mr. J. Gummar and others, Re :
89 Lakeside Avenue, “ 2 < {

Lae Orange, N. J. , 8 i

| .

wt Dear Sir:- . zs ie \

of uf received your letter and was very’ much

surprised to tead the contents of the same. © Tet me say”

toe vour infopration that I have'never given ‘Instructions
to turn avey padi worlaen because of their nationality,
whether it be Greek or any other nationslity. If any such

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pet thing has been done it 19 Without my’ knowledge or consent. IT am

cf willing to employ work people Pisa any nationality if they are i
i respectable peopld ana behave in an orderly manner. aa!

. Tt will make inquiries about the matter that

Z ~ you mention.

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Mey leth, 1914. }

| |
Mr. Miner L. Hartmann,
Coolidge Iaboratory, fi

Harvard University, ,

| Cambridge, Mass. \,
Dear'Sir:- . ., = 4

rae Your favor of the 14th instant has been

received and shown to Mr. Edison. I am glad to be able to 4

say to you that he will take you on his staff at the salary i

fein

named in your “letter. . Mr. Edison says an increase will

depend how you fit into ‘the - games Sethe ik Hae b
You may come along, as~s90n.as- you are

ready. It would be well to -advisé me ‘as, to. whensyou expect i
to report here. . Ag SP TR ER A ee
: Yours very traly, i

Assistant to Mr. Edison.

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Mr. Percival &.
President, The

Hill,

142 MPth Avenue,

New York.

Dear Sirs-

inatant and

factories any signs specific
of the six thousand fact
jes under my control to re-
ems that have

nor have I asked any
nt manufacturing compan:

the aiffere
ttes- The newspaper it

frain from smoking cigare

recently appeared are, therefore, incorrect.

past, I have head signs dis
use cigarettes, and I have abundant rea
suppose I put a co

men on the experiment and

I have received your favo

In my Iaboratory, however,
played forbidding my @xPe

To make sure,

American Tobacco Co-,

in reply beg to say that
ally prohibiting cigaret

ory employees of

get lot

Yours vé

May 20th, 1914.

ry of the 18th

XY have never placed in my

for @

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long time

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ple of my

General Letterbook Series
Letterbook, LB-098 (1914)

This letterbook covers the period May-September 1914. Most of the
correspondence is by Edison and William H. Meadowcroft. Included are
letters to Percival S. Hill of the American Tobacco Co. and others regarding
Edison's widely reported opinions about the deleterious effects of cigarette
smoking. One letter remarks that "this cigarette controversy has aroused such
wide attention that... | cannot spare the time from my other work to answer
all the letters that come in." Also included are letters to American statesmen
and politicians William Jennings Bryan, Edward W. Townsend, and William
Hughes concerning the disruption of trade during World War |, its effects upon
the American chemical industry, and Edison's experiments toward producing
synthetic phenol as a substitute for the imported carbolic acid used in the
manufacture of phonograph records. In a letter to Samuel Hill of the Home
Telephone and Telegraph Co. of Portland, Oregon, Edison expresses concern
that "some of the boundary lines" on the globe Hill gave him "will have to be
changed as a result of the present conflict." Other documents relate to the
commercial and technical development of Edison’s storage battery,
phonograph, and motion picture businesses, as well as the market conditions
for electric vehicles.

The front cover is marked "T. A. E. May 20, 14. To Sept 23." The spine
is marked with similar information, along with the number "37." The book
contains 694 numbered pages and an index. Approximately 20 percent of the
book has been selected.

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Mr. A. B. Hepburn,
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New York.

Jear Sir:-

I amin receipt of your favor of the 18th
irgtant inviting me to becom a member of the France-America

Comittea.
While I thank you for this opportunity

offered, let m say that my time and attention are 80 fully
taken up with e miltitude of business affairs and experimental
work that I am desirous of keeping out of all public affairs. I

shall therefore have to ask you to excuse me from becoming a

member of this Committee.
Yours very ae
bod han ioe —

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Dr. S&S. S. Laws,

1723 Q Streot, Ne We,
Washington, De Ge ©
My dear Dr. lews:

Let me thank you for your xind favor of the 16th instant
which came 48 0 pleasant surprise. I was very glad to hear from you,
Zor about two years apo someons tola me that you had left this more
or tess troubled life. I doubted the report, however, yemembe ring
your powerful oarsonality ang that good heavy head of hair you had
wren I last saw you. Yotr letter certainly does not bear the im-
press of a men ninety years of age, and you are to be congratulated
on the attainment of guch a ripe old age with so much vigor in store.

J must thank you for your compliments in regard to my
daughter. Yes, ner mother and I are rather proud of her, and indeed
of the whole family.

Your 1ife has peen so well ordered and your powers So well
properved that I guess it is safe to wigh that your years may still
be prolonged and happy. With this wish and my kindest regards to
you and your wife, I remain — ey

Sincerely-Jours,
ig wo

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May fist, 1914,

Mr. Fe PF. Kehow,
eee 2
Dear Str;-
Replying to the inguiry in your favor

of the 16th instant in regard to my son, let me say that the
boy eats about one half the quantity that boya gonerally eat.
He sleeps about six hours: and is as bright as a dollere He
would take still less sleep, but his mother hap got it in her
head that he must have at least six hours, although she herself
does not get that much. mast = “=

Yours vary ‘traly, a

thes O C chao

sens sy rym Bak NNO MSE
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Mey 22na, 1914.

Mr. Walt Mason,
Emporia,
Kansas.

Dear Mr. Mason;

I have enjoyed such of your prose poems as I
have seen, and I have also enjoyed reading the plain prose
in your favor of the 18th inetant that tells me of the
Pleasure you derived from the phonograph. It does me good,
for I must confess to a similar weakness. I am glad you
like the Blue Amberol records. We try to make Ener as good
as possible.

Have you heard my new diso machine? If not,
you should drop in to sce one of our dealers and let him play
e few records for you.

It is gratifying to learn that you are one of
the admirers of the old Heart Songs. So am I, and I intend
to put out records of Grandfather's Clock, Blue Alsatian

Mountains, and a lot of the other old standard songs.

Many thanks for your kind letters.

ey
ial

re ad “truly,

Moy
Avie OF Cobaen.

peers SEASIDE ES

ere on taeaneA Loca Satamd Eat

Moy 22nd, 1914

Proudfoot Sonmoresal Agency.
Singer Building,
New York Oity,

My dear Ur Proudfoot:

Kr. Edison wants to know 4f you have any

report on the New York Peace Society, 507 - 5th avenne. If

you neve, will you kindly gend me & report and oblige

Yours very truly,

Assistant to Mre Edi De

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May 2ist, 1914.

« Frank C. Reilly,
Eleotric Sales Company,
Detroit, Michigan.

Dear Mr. Reilly:

I beg to acknowledge receipt of your
favor of the 18th instant, ani thank you for brochure on

the cigarette enclosed therein.

This is one of the fumiest and most
entertaining things I have seen about the Cigarette, and I
want tG thank you for your courtesy in sending it to me.

Yours very truly, - 7~y

_ . es

ER Ra

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May 2eni, 1914.

Mr. Vance L. Stowell,
Wind River,
Wyoe -

Dear Siri-

Your favor of the 15th instant has been
received, and while I thank you very mech eon the opportunity
offered to record these Indian dances and susie for my talk-
ing plotures, 1% will be impossible for us to tele advantage

of the same, 28 we are 80 greatly crowded with work that we

could not do it at this time. ae a3
_7

Yourg-very truly,

i Alaa Eve

py, Bhs 3B

pe, G00. vs atljcor,
-48 Plane Stephanie.
penvesia, 2O%givree

Bear vires

tas in rezeipt of your

ami algo ef the exail cod large sempane OF FP ee toe pte (TPS

Tea avo nos velng in ene brunsn of Cer ot! B
joree quantity of non-Inflacnt bis elim that iF str liny S23 Tt Lie
ecu nave cont. Le Soa prey Pn. and th Ys made Ce acetrs. re
shape fre several wspatee caren ov tet pabiciel fr yon ao

oat

i, tris country.

ie tne Tibn ef shish rou have sent oe cd

aay

sent nt,

we made vheamep car that whton ve bug, Et wowed pe %

May 23rd, 1914.

Mrs. Jacob Cohen,
2460 ~ 7th Avenue,
New York City.
Dear Madam: -

Yow favor of the 18th instant to
Mr. Edison has been received, and in reply we beg to say
that both he and our Company receive a very large number
of requests for donations of phono graphs, and in each case
there is apparently good reason for making the request.

It is impossible for us to respond
favorably in these cases as it would entail enormous ex-
pense, beside, such donations would make a great deal of
trouble for us in view of our amtrects with those who
deal in these machines.

Yours truly,

Edison Laboratory.

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Mey 23rd, 1914.

Steinway & Sons,
107 East 14th Street,
New York.
Gent lemen: -

t am in receipt of your favor of
the 20th instant in which you state that fhe repairs to
our Steinway Grand Piano #66793 are row complete. You
may gend it over here to the Laboratory at your earliest
convenience.

Yours very truly,

Assistant to Mr. Edison.

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May 25th, 1914.

Mr, Percival 8. 2 A: .
President, American hopacde Co-,
Lil Fifth Avenue,

New York City.

Dear Sir:-
I am in receipt of yor favor of the 2end
een noted with 4 great

instant, the contents

deal of interest. In regard to the production of acrolein,

I am afraid your 4nformant 1

facts i spent two years

tion, ‘burning and distilling of wood, paper, ete,

snvestigations I made to produce mts for the incandescent |
and I am pretty well acquainted with the products of :

lamps ,;
combustion, which aiffer according t

Bhere is & long story <2 seated with oi ger-
ettes, and if one of the experimenters vy c\uve ts re leased
from & job on which he is nov exanding ais tine, 1 will put
him on the experiment to get the data. ;

Tet me say for your information that I have

found in practice that many cigarette amokers will not take &
job unless they are permitted to use the regular cigarettes,
notwithstand ing the fact that they would ~, nLiowed to use
cigarettes with tobacco wrapperse

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May 25th, 1914.

Mr. Grant Van Hoose,
% Union High School,
Yuma, Arizona.

Dear Sir:-
I am in receipt of your favor of the
15t*. instant, asking me for a repjica of my letter to Mr.

Ford about cigarettes.

I must ask you to excuse me, for the
present at any rate because this cigarette controversy has
aroused such wide attention that it is loading my mail basket
up too much, and I cannot spare the time from my otner work

to answer all the letters that come in.

Yours ve uly,

rs OA { Ohaort———

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May 27th, 1914-

Myr « B. Be Provdtit,

Z Tne Aeolian Company,

29 West 48nd Street, ‘
Wew York City:

Deer Siri
e5th instent, Let

Re plying to your favor of the

on that we ceesai to do pusiness with you

te say that tho reas
n with the service

sometime ago was not from any aissatisfactio
or with your music roll.

When I subsoribed
6 so that Mire

for rolls gometime 2g° it

layer her Baison could heve

s selections.
consisting ofp
f£ selections of aiffe
ishes to be rooor’d

wes for our piano Pp
For sometime past we ~

him the variow
layers ma Singers,

rent kinds

played for
Have had @ mgicel staff nere,
who pley and. sin
go that bre Edi.gon can select what he w

iced oe ee ae Re aot...

g & vast number 0
ea OD

the pnono graphe
8 Very truly,
i hy

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Your

Assistant to Mr. gaiuon.

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May 28th, 1914.

Mrse Hi. Goodstein,
376 Park Place,
Brooklyn, NW. Y.
Dear Medam:~
Your favor of recent date to Mr. Edison in
rerard te ming a special price on a phonoyraph for the

Hebraw Orphan asylum of Brootlyn has becn received. Mre

Baison requests us to gay that he would very much Like to
accommodate you in this regard, but it is simply impossible
owing to ovr eonbract relations with dealers.

We have w vael nuber of applications simiiss

to yours, but we ure obliged to give & uniform anever to all,

as if would make a great deal of trouble for us Ww th our dealers
if we were to compete with them in theis omn torrltonyady toanlenes hte » ben,
Yours very Luly,

Edison Labtoretory-

pia

Meee og PE oe me

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vevicun-Philigpine Compeny,

Church Street,

New Yorke

Ceutlarsni-

Iam in receip! of your favor of the 2stn

our out of my line,

thatenal, and would say that the glow is

gay thet almost any traction Loy GOW GLE vated by

steam or gasoline can also be op erated by eksetric motor and

storage battery juat as well, and if water power ig avsilable

foe Mumisiing power to graurge ohne batteries, Very uch chesper-

She oporativn of the plow by electric motor sondi also be vere

a he

wuch less complicated.

Qe initiel investuent, prince ipelly fer soc vege

patteries, would be considerably higher tran for steam or

Mre Touls He curpenter,
2200 Warren avenue,
Chics, Tile
Bear Sirs-
Tam in receipt of your favor of

and would say in yaply that I do not

the 22nd ingtant,
y in Une

got mixed Up any furthe
and tbarefore en

gant to vigaret te BoneLo-
all aob be able

versy at tke present time,

Ve
VG oe

zo dg arything in regard to the suggestion Fou na

Yours YG1y

ea
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SS ESR OE en e E

Muy 28th, 1Sii.

Mr, Edward 4 Runel,
4% Phe Interlaken School,
Rolling Prairie, Inliana.

of the Sist instant, enclosing an article desevibing the
principles underiying the Ford business. This
urticle, and I have read it with a great deal of
As you asy nothing to the contrary, I aseume that you gost
me to keep this article for my file. If I am wrong shout

thic, please let me know and I will return it to you.

Did you seni 2 copy to an
Yours yeey truly,

May 28th, 1914.

Hy. Geo. De Scott,
kK. Fe De No. 2,
Tom's River, Ue J.

Dear Ure Scotts,

Iam in recetpt of your favor of the uéth trast
and em plui to hear from you after the lapse of

80 Many geare.
Your letter bri

468 back memories of days so long past.

i shall be #lad to gee your two sony if they will

some over here to the teaboratory, and of course WIT afford

them an opportunity of going thro ugh the Works.
I would sugeest that they commumicate vith o

assistant, Mr. W. 3. Meadoworoft al

this address vhen (1 ey wish
to come over, so that they will be sun: to find we at Liber.

Yours very truly

‘parca
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June Ist, 1914-

Mr. Emil Raech,
859 N. ia Salle Street,

Chicago, Ill.

Dear Sir:-
Your favor of the 2vth ultimo to Mre

Edison has been received. He requests us to say in
"metnod” of reading four Lines

reply that there is no
Be suggests

It merely requixes practice.

at once.
one line at first,

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and gradually ‘extend your you can take in

moree
Yours Very truly,

Baigson Laboratory -

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May 29th, 1914.

Mr. M. Maurice Lehmann,
Pavia: pee Peusten Ecuries,
Dear Mr. Lehmann:

There was a large accumlation of work awaiting
my attention on my return from a few weeks vacation in
Florida, and I have only just had time to take up the matter
of the invention of Mr. G. A. Le Roy, covered by your recent
correspondence with Mr. Meadowcroft «

Mr. Le Roy's invention is undoubtedly very interest-
ing and ingenious, but I am afraid we shall be unable to avail
ourselves of the opportunity so kindly offered to purchase the
Same. It would require a long line of experiments, and our
own manufacturing processes have already been definitely laid
out at enormous expense for machinery and plantn, I cannot
see my way clear to change to another process.

I return the papers specified in your letter of
March 10th, 1914, and beg you to extend my thenks to Mr. Ie Roy
for his courtesy in offering us the opportunity to look into

his invention. ee ea
Yours very wary a
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May 29th, 1914.

Mr. Wm. Milligan,
Empire,
Ohio.

Dear Sir:-
Your letter of the 14th instant hes been

forwarded to me by the Rev. De. G.. Jackson, and I write to

agsure you positively that the phonograph that we manufacture

gannot be used by any evil disposed person to produce the

effect that you complein of. I am very sorry indeed to

learn of your trouble, put you may be very sure that it is

not caused in any way whatever through ny phonograph.

I hope that the trouble you mention will

soon céass.
Yours

May 29th, 1914.

Mr. Alexander F. Quailer,
725 East 9th Street,
New York City, N- Y.
Dear Sir:-

In reply to your enquiry of the 27th
instant, let me say that I am not a Socialist end I do not
believe in the theories of the Socialists.

: I must ask you to kindly regard this

letter as confidential and not for publication, ————— ~~.
= a7 we

Y Ay,
ours very trey,
a

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$40)

Fay

June 2nd, 1914.

Mr. Fred Babson,
Chicago, «|. !
Ilis. -

Dear Mr. Babson:

I suppose it may serve a useful purpose if I
occasionally point out some hustlers to you. In going over
our:daily tnaveller's reports and the sales reports I am in-
terested in noting the personnel of our dealers, and when the
facts disclose a real live wire I take note of it.

Tyo men in small towns in Iowa recently attracted my
attention. Each one ordered a car load lot of Disc phonographs,
although the population of one town was only 2276 and the other
1161. I understand these men make it their business to circu-
late in the adjacent territory and sell the goods.

Hence, it seems to me that you would perhaps like to
know the names and addresses of these men. One is A. D. Smith,

New Hampton, Iowa, and the other George J. Elkader, Iowa.

Yours very-tfuly,

Caer ‘ .
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June 2nd, 1914.

Liv, W. C. Anderson
Detroit, ,
Lichigan.

Dear Mr. tridersoni~ - te

I thought I mde the proposition as to guarantee plain.

Is this plsiner? ~

A customer buys an Anderson Vehicle with Edison battery,
all complete, at your list price.

You then hand him a guarantee from the Edison Storage
Battery Co. stating that extending over o period of 8 years from the
dete of the purehase, the battery company will make all necessary
repairs, furnish electrolyte, and, should the battery fail at any
time within the eight years to be capable of giving its guaranteed
capacity, the battery company will repair the battery or substitute
another; for all of which it will charge at ceguiar rates, but in no
event shall the gross sum of these bills exceed $680, or eighty five
dollars oer year, for the eight years. .

Now, this seems plain to me. Of course, no battery lasts
eight years and we shall heve to make at least one renewal - and
furnish electrolyte.

If from neglect, etc-, we are compelled to meke two re-

newalu, we shall lose money - but we gamble on the fact that there

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Mr. Vi. Oe anderson,
Page -2-
June end, 1914.

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will only be a cexstein percentage ‘
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Is this clear? If not, we wALL try it again.
ee, ; Yours very truly,
Bde eee Cotte,
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June Sth, 1914.

Hon. Ben B. Idindaey,
Denver

Colorado.

My dear Judge:

I beg to acknowledge receipt of your favor of the
2nd instant, enclosing & copy of a letter written by you to Miss
Olga Nethersole- I have shown both of them to Mr. Edison, and
he saya that he wil be very glad to have her come over to the
laboratory at her convenience. Undoubtedly they will have 6
very instruct ive interview, and I wish you could be present. I
am writing to Miss Nethersole today to make the arrangement 8.

I have a very pleasant recollection of your visit-
hnere- You may be able to indentify me py recalling the fact
that I sat with you ani your friends on the train going baok to
Kew York that evening: Of course, you also saw me aroun the
Tabrary here.

With kina regarde, I remain

Yours very truly,

Assistant to Mr. Edfgon.

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Miss Olga Nethersole,
Plasa Hotel,
New York City.

Dear Miss Nethersole:
I have received & letter from Judge Ben Iindsey ,

enclosing copy of & letter of introduction to Mr. Edison, and sent

to you.
I have shown these to Mre Edison, and he says that

he will be very g1sd indeed to see you whenever you are ready to

Iaboratory-

take a trip over here to the
ur information that it is possible

Tet me say for yo
Mr. Ed@ieon might have to pe away fo

early part of next week, but otherwis
every day and all day- I would suggest that you call me on the

telephone (908 Orange) and let me know when you think of coming

overe try day Wels weed: = urcutd Ge. aE rag coe.
pat to-morrow, Tuesday,

xr a few hours some aay in the
e we expect him to be here

I am usually here all day,
put expect to return

I will be obliged to be away in the morning,
to the Iaboratory by 2 o'clocke
Yours very traly,

dj .
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Assistant to Br. Bdisone

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June 9, 1914.

S. Bergmann, Beq..
23 Oudenarder Str.,
Berlin, N. Germany.
My dear Bergrann:-
1 am in receipt of 2 letter from tne

Deutsche Edison. Akkumulatoren Co, dated May 25th.

We buy DRY LITHIA HYDRATE from Nerck
for ninety eight cents per peund. It comes to vs

moist, but we buy on the pasis of dry pydrata.

price is CQNFIDENTLAL

= = = «

T have a long contract with them.

Witn kind regards, I am.

Yours very truly.

sata |

Cr ove

AFD

Jane 9th, 1914.

Mr. J. Cornelius Earl,
325 Waldo Avenue,
Pasadena, Calif.

Dear Sir:-
Replying to your favor of the 26th ultimo, let
me say that I cannot defend my use of tobacco for chewing. It
where

4s a habit I acquired when a young telegraph operator,

smoking was not allowed.

It appears that the calls of the body will meet

a@ adapt the body to such environ-
the cells resent any change-

the environment of the -body an
ment, but after guoh adaptation,

For instance, the cells resent the use of

consent to it, they adapt

tobacco, but after they are forced to
If the user attempts to

themselves to the changed cont ition.

stop, they resent any change in the other 4
The celle that control our

jrection.

organism seem very

ive entities and resent change.
Yours very truly,

conservat

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ony of pencil wemorandum sent Johnson, June 10th 191.4,

in reply to his letter dated June Ath 1914.

el ate, .
Ee 7 zt smm You 4200.00... WHY DOW’? you
at SEND SOME YOUR FRIENDS TO OUR PLACE 10 FIFTH

AVENUE AND SELL SOME OF THE WHW PHONCS.

(Signed)

To Ur. #. H. Johnson,
20 Broad Street.

Wer York City.

cS June llth, 1914,

Mr, Melville Clarke,
410 South Michigan Boulevard,
Chicago, Iil.

Dear Mr. Clarke:

Referring to the recent visit of Mr.

Roberts and his conversation with Mr. Hutchison in regard

to the proposed motion pictures of piano playing, let me say
that I ought to have written-to you several days ago, but ow-
ing to the fact that I have been at tha dentists practically
every day for the last week or two and attending to a big

rush of pressing matters on returning to the office, the matter
has been delayed. T must ask you to accept ny apology.

Before going on to take any actual motion
pictures of the piano playing, Mr. Edison is desirous of hav-
ing the basis of our arrangement put in writing. As he told
you when you were last here, the piano motion pictures would

E not be available for our reguler business as they would be

z unsuitable for the requiremnts of the motion picture theatres.
i: Therefore, the piano playing motion pictures would have to

: be made eBpecially for you and hence at your expénse upon

such terms a8 Would be mutually agreed upon between you and
our company. :

As there would be quite some expense con-
nected with making the first expsrimental pictures, Mr. Edison
would like to have you submit to him the basis of a working
arrangement between you and our Company. As soon as this is
settled upon, we can get right down to work.

Yours very truly,
OV heecéo: ae - 4
Assistant to Mr. ae

by SARPPEPER YE BOUL NE OBES:

Sane?

ce coemage ENGEL TATED:

June lith, 1914.

Mrs. Jopephine Ro Ober,
Sooiety Editor,

The World,

Jew York Gity.

Dear Mrs. Ober:

Mies Edison has asked me to take oare of the news-
papers in connection with her approaching wedding, and has given me
your letter to her under date of June Ist.

Let me say that on Monday next I shall be able to
give you & memorandum of som pre-nuptial festivities, which you
ean publish in Tuesday's paper. On Wednesday I can give you a
memorandum about the wedding, including description of gowns, etc. for
publication in Thursday's paper.

On Monday I expect to give you an order on the
photographers for & photograph of Miss Edison which is to be taken to-
morrow, and for a recent photograph of Mrs Sloane.

If you wish to send a reporter on the day of the
wedding you may do S0- A lady would be preferable, but it is to
be umerstood that the ceremony itself will be private. The recep-
tion will be at 4. 50 o"alook. Of course cameras will be barred.
Kindly acknmwledge receipt. ,

Yours very truly,
i

Assistant to Mre Edi som

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June Leth, 1914.

Hon. Gifford Pinchot,
Philadelphia,

Pa.

Dear S8ir:-

I have received your telegram
and must ask you to exouse me from replying affirmative-
ly, as I do not want to get into politics.

Yours ve

raly,
ey a

$9?

13th, 1914-

Hone Re Borghetti,
Regia Ambasciata a'iItalia,
Washington, D. Ce

Dear Sir:-
Your favor of the ena gnstant in regard to
my patent for @ system of constructing concrete pouses, and in
ay that the pat ent nas not yet been issued.
o have puilt

veral tnventors wh
to give you thei
a great many hou
gest that you mi

reply bes to 8
Tere ere 8

put I am unable
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ses at

nouses with form,
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United states ,Ste
orks in Jorain,

The el Co.

their ¥
investigate theses

Ohio, ané I would 8vZ

Yours very t

a panera
a

gune 13th, 1914-

Mr. William Feather,
1202 Ashland Block,
Chicago, 111+
Dear Sirs
I beg to acknowledge receipt of your

patent informing me that I have been

rary Vice-Presidents of

favor of the oth i
elected ons of the Hono

the Paine

Monument Association in the City of Chicago, and would say

that I accept the same with pleasures

"Zhe Truth 1s mighty and will preveil."

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June 13th, 1914.

Mr, A. B. McCall,
631 West Edwards St.,
Springfield Til.

Dear Sir:-
I beg to acknowledge receipt of your favor of the 6th

of a pair of your trouser shields, for which I
to say that I shell have to disappoint you

f# bicyoles and

instant, and also
thank you. I am sorry
myself, 4s J am not a user 0

in regard to wearing them
However, I will turn

would have no occasion for using them myself.
make good use of them.

hat 44 will be impossible for me to
marketing this product, a8 it is

general rules for marketing

them over to someons who will

I regret to say t
practical advice about
There are no

give you any

entirely out of ny line.

miscellaneous products, and I em so busy day and night with oy own

affairs and experimental wo
me to attempt to advise othe

rk thet it is simply out

extensive bus iness
rs on such subjects.

of the question for

Hence, I must ask to be excused from offering

ho
Coy

June 13th, 1914.

Mr. We 8. Wood,
1727 Ian Title Building,
Philadelphia, Pa.

Dear Sir:-
Iam in receipt of your favor of the 5th

no electrical

nt, amd in reply beg to sey that there is
I think it

insta
nu the position taken in sleeping.

gignificance 1
ed that in order to give the heart free

ig generally conoed

action, it is best to sleep on the right side.
Yours very, ee ee
co

raat
aD {deer seo

pCae

June 16th, 1914

| i j Mr. We Ke Dickson,
| Point Pleasant,
Wandsworth,

Iondon, S. W., England.

: Dear Dickson:

I have been so busy since my return home from the
South that it has been simply impossible for me to do more than
touch the high spots in my mail and other matters.
| Much as I would like to heip you out, let me say
that on account of the great depression in this country, I am
actually unable at the present moment to let you have the loan
you ask for.

It was very kind of you to prepare an answer to
the misleading statements in the Financial News, but 1 have
gotten so that I do not care to deny newspaper mistateme nts, 48

I have invariably found it to be miunsatisfactory course of

procedure e

Yours very i

June 15th, 1914.

Measys. Harger & Blish,
@11 Walnut Streot,
Des Moines, Iowa.

Gentlomon: -

Your favor of the loth {Instant in regard te meaking dise
records of tho various Odes to be usei in connection with Secret Order
work hus been received. ;

J wish that you would kindly obtain for me a very full
list of 211 songs that are used or that are desivaple for fraternity
associations, such as Freemasons. if you will send this ligt on to
me IT will go through it carefully and pick out the best so that we can
nave & full line of these Odes recorded.

As I am not a Mason T shall not know dnieh of the Odee
are on essential part of tneir ceremony. In a full list, I suppose
thet probably some of the 6des mentioned might be alternative. 1 would
suggest, therofore, that you give each one & number and write the word
‘eggential" or the word Nglternntive" opposite each number.

of course, I do not know whether you would be allowed

fo ao this, but you Will see that what I am after is to make one full

list of everything essentivl, enywiy-

Vous

June 16th, 1914.

Dre Je Ge Iipman, Director,
New Jersey Agricultural Experiment Stations,
Hew Brunswick, Ne de

Dear Mr. Iipman:

Referring to your favor of the lst instent,
in regard to establishing at Rutgers College a Fellowship to
investigate uses of pulverized limestone, ‘let me say that Tf
would be glad to have the Fellow ship established, and will
personally pay $600.00 a year for three years therefor.

nrasting this will be saitsfactory,. I remain

Yours very truly,

iat Tomer
Lar a, 2 tile BERR SEEMS 2 ee

7 4 ny
tyres Tae .

foo

June 16th, 1914.

Mr. I. He Burkart,
Walnut at Eleventh Street,
Philadelphia, Pa.
Dear Mr. Burkart:

I am in receipt of your favor of the 13th
instant, enclosing some printed matter relating to the
Phonet~-0-Sco pee

. Let me say in reply that 80 far as I can
learn this is merely 4 stock selling scheme, and there are
several parties in the field doing this ‘kind of work.

Please accept my tnanks for your courtesy

in calling my attention to this matter.

Yours very tru

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June 16th, 1914.

Mr. Charles R. Flint,
| q 4 East 36th Street,
7 New York City.

My dear Mr. Flint:
y favor of the 13th inst.

Replying to you
at the newspapers reported me ansorrectly- Tf aia

let me say th
working on getting electric

not say that I am now

from coal, but gaia that

ity direst

I had worked on it, am pelieved that

g who are now working in that

some of the many exper iment er
on will ultimately succeed.

When you beco

airecti
me & neighbor I ghall be

very gisd to have you come and gee Mee

Yours very truly

aan

June 16th, 1914.

Brooks Brothers,
Minnesota Transfer,
Minn.

Gent Lemen:-

I am in receipt of your favor of the 14th
instant, which I have read with a good deal of interest.

Let me say for your information that if you
will investigate you will find that the Brewers of New York
use five ton electric trucks almost entirely, having previous-
ly tried gasoline trucks. The reason that electrics are
better is on account of their simplicity, the motor having
only one moving part, namely, the armature of the motor, where-
as the gas car has several hundred.

The drivers of gasoline trucks must have 4
certain degree of mechanical skill, which is not required by
the driver of the electric. For this reason, the drivers
of gasoline cars are prone to get together and unionize. This
gan be offect by using electrics, as anyone of ordinary in-
telligenoe can learn to operate an electric in an hour.

The repairs on gasoline cars are quite extensive, bat
are two thirds less on electrics. Besides, the eleotrios are
reliable, just Like trolley cars. I feal very certain that
the simple electric motor truck is found to replace all others
for vehicle traffic.

There are two makers of good five ton trucks.
One of them ig the General Vehicle Company of long Island City,
New York, who makes exclusively electric, and the other is the
General Motors Company of Detroit, Michigan, who buflis both
electric and gasoline trucks. L lmow of no other concerns
who build five tone electrics. .

Qrusting the above information will answer your
purpose, I remain

Yours very tx

June 23, 31924

Deutsche Edison Akkunulcioren Company, G.m.o.H.,
Dronvueineratyr, 55-56,
Berlin 7.20, Germany.

Genvlemens—

Having received no reply vo my levter ot April =.
19ke, I am sending you uerewieh &« voOpy OF vhe same. In this
Leiter I poinved out thas the royelty stavement tor the tira’
quarter of the year 1914 was deregtive in certain respeste, enn
also thab ins ocneck received from you was only ror cells actuai-
ly sole oy you auring that quarter, whereas on esoh royalty re-
wurn cate I am entivled vo royalties on all sells shipped trom
your zveutory during ene quarter whether soAd or nov. Will you

uindly give ibis mavter your avtentéion.

Very traly yours; }

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June 22nd, 1914.

Mr. Yoshiro Okabe,
Nippon Kinetophone Co-,
Hibiya Toshoken Mae,
Tokyo, Japan.
Dear Sir:-
I received from you safely and in

good order the handsome cabinet that you sent to me, and i
want to express my thanks to you for this peatiful piece oF

work and for your kindness in presenting it

Your very

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June 22nd, 1914-

Sorat

ee
oases

Mr. Tester A- Simon, é
Box 32
Texas State Penitentiary, ' aaa
Huntsville, Texas. ie
i

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Dear Six:- HA
tHE

J received your favor of the 14th a

eee

n by you for

a MEER IAs!
ey ED

rere

eee RP Page

instant, anclosing copy of an essay writte

aan

Sere rere,

PE FEET Pete ERR O

the ‘Americen Magazine, ani thenk you for gending it. It

makes me blush a deep Aniline rede als

Yours truly,

ats

ih Taned
HO

send AS Gt

Tune 23, 1914.

A. #Llipstein & Co-.,.
644 Greenwich St.,
New York City:
Gentlemen: «

Years of the 17th instant received.

The samples of palm wax we nave received are
all adulterated. What I want is the wax without
adulteration; it is too much botBer to get the different
stuff ovt that they put in. Can you tell me what
country it comes from and I will try and wae it.
uneadulterated. If I find it you can deaj direct with
the dealers and precure me 2 supply.

Youre very truly.
a ae Oa
cor nee i Nhe

Wr. Helville clark,
#10 South Hiehigan Boulevard,
Chicage, Tis

Dear thr clarks

Your favor of the T5th iueatant wes
received, and the wetter has been auomitted for kr. Bdte n's

eonsiisrations

as our errengements stand at the preserk
time, we have & stuaio oquipped and a corps of men especizl
4tyained for the toliciug motion picture Wore We depend on
egular steady pro duotion of comercial “yeoords
>» day by day. Ag: you ars probably aware, the
“eZuess depends upon the regular qua tity of
4 to fulfill our contract obligations with
picture houses, wnich aro usually based on a certain number of

yeleases per weeke

Unless arrangements are made with the
eireults of the Vaudeville housss throughout the country to
antroduoe the fim showing the artiet playing and provid Ing
for the use of & piano, it : undertake the
experiment. But if contracts cou & p with several
Hunired theal res in Vaudeville, we ure of a fair Te-
turn and you would get the savertisement atso the films for
your stores. Othervise, it would not pay us to take up the

‘Sime of our exporkse

Yours very truly,

Assistant to ire Bdisone

TE EE ong thors

June 23rd, 1914.

Mr. G. We logeie,
Whetoom Pall Mills Co.,

Bellingham, Wash.

1athuest -

Sake Saas

Shcteies .
Seen et

Dear Sir:-

RIAA

I beg to acknowledge the receipt of your favor
reat deal of in-

eee

of the 15th instant, which has been read wilh @ &

thank you for the {information therein contained

OCR
rae

torest. Let me

and to congratulate you on & discovery of such wbi lly. i an

glad to learn that you wili at least be credited with your idea,
although it is too bad you could not have derived more subdstaatlsel

recognition. I shell,have our people try graphite in our poilers,

and hope we may find the results as successful a6 your own 4.98

of ite

Let me thank you for the suggestion of experiment-

ing with this substance for tempering copper, but I have such =n
immense amount of work before me now that I fear it will be iti-

possible to experiment on other Lines at this

my cold
Ptrevat

9 Ssam

Beet 4

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a June 26th, 1914.

Mr. Wn. Toudon,
1621 Twentieth Avenue,
Seattle, Washington.

Dear Sirs-

I am in receiyt of your favor of the 18th
i{netant, and in reply would say that in my opinion @ nickel
sulphide ore oarryiig more than 5% of metallic nickel is about
as low as the ore can be profitably worked.

The nickel trusts have enormous deposits of
5 to 8 nickel and 3% copper gulphide ore, which they roast in
‘the air end ran through e matte furnace. They practicelly
control nickel in the United States. Unless you have quite a
rich ore and plenty of capital it. would be 8 tough proposition

to compete with thon. =
a Pa
Yours ve Falyy~ | 4
A ee
- Mae % . 4 (Secon

June 2%th, 1914

Mr. Re He. Beach,

ass ers : A
RAR AS er Es Ese

Singer Bldg.,
New York City.

Engh paps
arene

Dear Beach:

Iisman's people are complaining to me
about your send ing through the mails some advertising
matter implying that ‘you have rights for my battery in the
United States. ,

“*. ' pigase out that out, and confine your
efforts to the real thing that we telked about, namely,
foreign sales.

Yours ve 's
aa

June 29th, 1914.

Professeur He. Pierson,

Directeur du Laboratoire de Psychologie,
A Ja Sorbonne,

Paris, Frances

Dear Sir:-

I beg to aclmowledge receipt of your estcemed
favor of the 5th instant, in which you ask whether I could find
in my Laboratory one of the eleatria pens that I used to male «

I regret to say that I shall be unable to help you out. I have
looked around, but camot find a single electric pen left in the

Laboratory >

I am afraid that you would have to go to some
makers of philosophical inatruments to have one of these made «
We have no facilities for making one at ny works here, and I have

long since lost the drawing and specification for the manufacture

of these articles.

Regretting that I cannot aocommdate you I

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June 30th, 1914.

Mr. B. M. Anderson,
1001 Bast Main Street,
Richmond, Va.

Dear Sir:-
I beg to acknowledge receipt of your favor
of the 26th instant, ani to express my appreciation of the
kind words you have betrayed in regard to my disc phonograph.
After working hard for some years on this
machine and records it rewards me to learn that lovers of good
music appreciate the results of these efforts.
Now in regard to your idea as to short phono-
a to be sent through the mail, it has peen worked

graph record

on by many inventors, but nothing has been done that was commer-

cial. Some concern in Germany had them manufactured and made
a great deal of talk about them, but the sales were very pooxs

We are so busy here that it would be simply impossible to take

up this scheme at the present time. We may be able to reach it

at some future day. _——,

Yours ve truly,
6 Mes Cob con

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June 30th, 1914.

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Prof. Wm. Chas. Bauer,
2149 Sherman Avenue,
Evanston, I11.

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Dear Sir:-

extranet

I beg to aclmowledge receipt of your favor

of the 22nd instant in regard to your primary battery cell.

In reply let me say I do not think we should

Seon
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take up the matter with you nw, as we ourselves have been

SRT TeT ean

experimenting with cells of this character for over thirty

years. We prefer to wait until you can present a completed
commercial cell, and if we can then see a profit in it over
anything we now heve ourselves, we will be glad to treat with

youe

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July 7.

TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:

SCHOLER has

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July 16, 1914.

Jacob Stahl Jr .-& Co

Cubes be GAQS First avenue,

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poe yim eo a New York City.
Dear Sirsie ;-
» TY eeha you a bax of BHUNSWICEY eleeare which

sll hurn inwast age -eshiel aber tussasible to 186,

They arecantizely, ~wi2ica“thoge of this brand. whic’
Ioheve veen buytae Prade. HW, Vetker & Broa. of Oranze

for the past twenty Tive-teateaT 7 7
: Pr ee ee
I thins Sabetaze ia being praesiced in your
fastory by the 1. WW. W or something of that xind.

Yours vers nce)

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July 22nd, 1914.
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Mr, George H. Follows,

6428 Darlington Road,
e Pitteburgh, Pa.. :
Dear Sirs=
bc 4 | Replying to yours of the 16th instant regarding disc
4 records being out of trus, LI would say that I have investigated
or the eccentricity of our records and find about 2% ran out due to
Bw ; holes, which is due ‘to carelessness on the part of the operator
B on centering machine and will be iSuadeted's This eccentricity ; a

is sometimes due to warping.

fhe scouring noise or run out as we call it is due to ,
an uneven weld between the plank and the veneer. The continu-
ous surface sound is broken up to strong and weak, We are
constantly improving our t¢echnique in this respect and will, I
hope, practically remove it.

The new disc machine brings out all the defects of the
ainee; At first we thought these aefects were in the recording |
and reproducing, put they are bas They do not show in the
4netrum ntal records end when listening to @ repetition of & song
with the ear only, these defects are clearly in the singer's voice.

As to Ragtime, Comic yecords, etc., we are compelled

to put them on the market or go out of pusine

Yours very Ve

Ps Very PRrambpul ysuy . G

reg eee Be

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Die Internationale Kino-Industrin Ausstellung,
a Budapest, Hungary.

Gentleman: « fos
I nave received your courteous invitation ta
become the Honorary President of your Exhibition, and
in reply beg to say that it gives rie pleasure to advise
you of my acceptance of the same, and to assure you of

my wishes that you may have a most successful Exposition.

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Aug. 5, 1994,

Mr. Geo. F.NeVo),

Karengo, Ohio.

Dear Sir:

Your favor of the 22nd ult, in regard to
making Chinese Reoords for the Phonograph, has been
received and read with much interest.

I vegret to say that I shaj] be unabje to
make a favorable reply te your inquiry at the present
time, ap we are so very busy on matters of pressing
importance, and that we sha}} be unable to take up the
matter of making Chinese Records for some time to come.
We shal] undoubted}y do it at some future time, but cannot
take it up just now.

Youre v uly,

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Aug. 4, 19174.

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Mr. Semue} Ineull,
#320 Weat Adems Street,
Chicage, IJ).

Uy dear Insu)):

I have received yours of the Jst instant, :|
together with copy of Mrs. Lippincott's Jetter of Jwy "
27 th, : i

It is true that Lippincott Jost his all, i
put I found out when al} was over that he had made fa) se fe
statements to me and at aj) times was two-feced. Under
al) the circumstances, I think that I have fulfilled every ‘
moral cbligation if there ever were any. :

Yours ve truly, é

ae Co Gy won |

Aug. 5, 3914.

Me. Robert John, Secretary
The Luther Burbank Society,
Senta Rosa, Cal.
Dear Sis:

Referring to your favor of the 2)st ultimo, 7
beg to say that I have received Volumes I, II and III of
my ret of Luther Burbank" s Lidustrated Records, end ver

to thank you therefor.

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Lherck & Company,
#49 Park Place,
New York City.

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Referring to your faver of the 30th uls. I

neg to say I don't think we can une Letn-Para-Creso). a
Ag to Carbolic Acid, I was trying to find out |

whether I could get it in this country, not Abroad. We a
area now pretty wel) eupplied with carbojic acid, having a
bought about 60 tons in thie country within the jast fev a
days. 4 :
If you hear cf anything along these Jiner that prey

you think =4]1 interest me, ? shel] be Riad te hear from

you. Lee
Youps) very truyy, et

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Mr. Fr, Meitz,
#602 South 9th St.,
Lafayette, Indiana.

Dear Sir:

Your very interesting Jetter of the ]7th ult.,
addressed to my Company, was handed to me. I have read it i
very carefully and beg to thank you for the kind words wi th )
which you are pleased to commend my Diamond Disc Phonograph. i
I enjoy full and frank criticism and expression of opinion,
and have been greatly interested in reading your letter. :

Let me say in regard to some of your remarks that ;
you must bear in mind ve have just started in with an absolutely
new technique in the phonograph art, and it takes time to
develop something which is radically new. In good time, ne \
expect to have al] the beautiful music you speak of, and shaljJ ;

also add to our Staff the best singers that we can find, put
we sha)} not empJoy singers naphazard Jike some of our come |
petitors, who use only those who are celebrated thru newspaper :
mtoriety. Many of these are celebrated not for instrinsic |

merite of their voice, but mostly for stage presence and

acting.
We have plenty of Bori records, which wil} be put out

as we go along. Uriup sang ten records for us and I sent them

ADs

THE ped 8

Mr, Pr, Meitz, Ze
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August 5, 1924,

to the scrap heap because the surface noises were too great,

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He sang in London ten more quite recently, and I scrapped then

a)] because he was in poor voice. Our chief competitior 4
t

would have used aj} of then,

I had fifteen records sung by Knote and relegated i ,
; I
aj] but one to the scrap heap. \

I had twenty records nung by li
Agostine)3i, #1] of which, except one, turned out badly and

I scrapped a3} of them except this one.

She was in poor voice i
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when she sang these records, and had a terrible tremoJo from

start to finish,

Finaldy, ané sad to relate, 92% of al} the records \
we have sold in the Jast thirteen weeks have been of the popular
variety, and only 8% were of the class of music that you want.
Thies has been a great disappointment to me.

Yours truly,

Kora

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August 5, 1914.

Messrs. Nichols & Hobbie.
7? Rast 42nd Street.

New York City.

fFentlemen:

Your letter of the 20th ultimo regarding tha

Iona Teland, New York. proverty received-

T originally bought this land in
iron mine on the property, which I located.

I paid $3,000.00 in cash for it.
wood from it to the amount of 4994.50. and

taxes amounting to $1,009.00.

I will seli for Cost, plus taxes
at 6 per-cent from date of vurchase. minus
of money received for wood: in other words,

vig.~=%6,700.00.

I enclose herewith a description ees
You ery truly.

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Medeam Blanche Arra),
#500 Fifth Avenue,
Yew York City.

uy dear Madem:

I em afraid that you wil] have but a
pues. opinion of my promptness in answering Jetters from
the fact that. you have not heretofore received a reply to
your favor of the 29th of June. The fact is, I went for

a vacation the day afterwardg and have only just returned,

I must, therefore, ask you to kindly excuse the deJay in 4

reniying to your Jetter.
Perhaps we did not come to a complete under- i

etanding when I Jast had the pleasure of seeing you. You

explained to me your project and said that you expected to

have +he manuscript of the vaudeviljJe sketch in a few days

end would then come sround again and bring it with you, 10

that we could talk the whole matter over with lir, Edison,

Aftar you ned left the office, I explained the matter to

Mr, Badeot and ne thought rather favorably of it, but said

he would postpone final deoieion unti] you came around with

your vaudeville sketch in manuscript. Thin wil? explain

why you did v4 hear from me, for I was expecting you to dad)

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Madam Bianche Arral.
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Aug. 5, 1934, ass

again or communicate with me,

I fee) sorry that there has been any mise
undexstanding in the matter, but trunt that no serious
inconvenience has arisen therefrom. I shaJ] be glad te

se@ you and take up the matter again at any day that may

be convenient to you,

I Yours very truly,

ASSISTANT TO MR. EDISOX.
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lx. Alfred Edgarton,
#55) First Street,
Fulton, New York.
Dear Sir:

Your favor of the 2)st ultimc, together with
copy of your report to Professor Yerkes in regard to Tom
Stringer, reached me in due course.

The case is undoubtedly very interesting and
worthy of profound study and experiment. To be of any
asaistance in this matter would require both time and
gS effort, neither of which I can give outside my own busineas
and exparimental work. Inasmuch ae I work about eighteen
rours a day on the Jarge interests which require my conatant
nttention, I regret to say that 1 shaj} be unable to be of
agsieatance to you in connection with thie peculiar case, Hence,

I must ask you to kindly excuse me.

I return the copy of your report herewith,

Fy ees [a
Ene}.

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ur. D.C. Kaseman,
#2033 Tioga Street,
Philadelphia, Pa.
Dear Sir:

I am in receipt of your favor of the soth
wt, in which you make some inquizries in regard to the
firat Electric Light Plant in Shamokin, Pa. Z have aj so
read your paper, copy of which was enclosed with your
Jetter and found it very interesting. As 4 matter of fact,
Sunbury was the first three-vire Hlectric Light Station in
the world, where overhead conductors were used thru the
streets» It was started in operation on July 4th, 31883.
Shamokin was the second station of this kind, out I da not
recolject what date it was started in operation, a) though
it was not very Jong after the Sunbury Plant was started,

Although these were the early pioneer pj ants of
the three-wire System, and were the source of considerabje
anxiety and care to me and the men I had working with re,
ny recollection of the days in which they were instaljed
and atarted have always been very pleasant ones, not only

on account of the success which attended our early efforts

in a comparatively unknow field at that time, but also by

Ur. D, C. Kaseman.
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Auguaet &, 1934,

xveason cf the pleasant associations with a Jot of good

fellowes at those towns,

Ae you may not have information in regard to
the original officarn and directors of the Shamokin Company,
T wii] mention them for your benefit, They are as follows:

The original officers of Shamokin Co, were -

W.H. Douty, President.

Holden Chester, Vice President.
John Mullen, Treasurer.
Wiljiem Benry, Secretary.

The origina) Directors were -

W. H. Douty,
G. C. Leader
John Lujjven

A. Robertson
Holden Chester
William Benry
P. B. Shaw.

Trusting that this information wil] be of seme

Yours very touly, »
£ TT

ure to you, I remain,

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a Aug. 5, 19234.

Mr. Gi3vert MeClurg, Of The

New York Committee of the Internationa}
Longfellow Society,

#55 South Street,

Morristown, N.J.

Dear Mr. McClurg:

Your favor of the 6th ultimo came to
hand in due course, but 1 have been so busy the Jast tuo
weeks that many matters have been Jaid aside unti} I got
a little Jeisure.

It gives me much pleasure to say that I
shal] be happy to join your Society as a Life Kember.in
accordance with the statement which you enclosed in your
letter, I send you herewith check for $]C0.00, drawn to the

order of the International Longfellow Society.

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5, 1914.

ur. John F. Monnot,
Zéison Accumulators, Ltd.,
#2 Duke St., Pioeadilly,
Lendon, S.U. Eng) and.
Dear Mr. Mennot:

I just drop you a Jine to warn you to
be very particular about something, and that is, to arrange
matters in al) your instellations so that the battery is
never charged. hot. If a battery is charged below 100
Fahrenheit, the Jife is enormcusly pro) onged.

We are collecting results of experience from
verious persons and concerns, and many thousands of ceils
have gone above four yenre of Jife. Thore that have never been
charged hot, or above 300 Fahrenheit, seem to be about as nood
aa ever after three or four years of use, put these betterles
shore owners charge them hot, only juat about puld thru the
fuur years and that was because they had an excess of batteries,
us aj} trucks have. Discharging the batterier hot doer not
appear to diminish the jife.

We get people te came in at nignt and open
up everything, so as to cool down the batteries belo 300

Pahrenneit, then put them on charge. A)J the Beach cars

et RT ort nt nnn sof A sn TARTS

tase ee ;
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Hr, John Monnot,.
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Aug. 5, 1914,

tial
ar eee
that do this are making: fife records. Seme concerns use

Jittle desk fans to coo) the batteries down,

Yours very truly,

EPS Fo are

if duppose Tho war los olappeol everyheng
As ik Russa + wanke fice, 20 for
ua howe Geen umable to get Ate hom

ay. ten Joo.
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Aug. 6, 1934.

ur. C. E. Soribdner,
Weotern Electric Co.,
Bethune Street,
New York City.
Dear Mr, Seribner:

It was very kind of you to send
me the photographs and description so promptly, and 1
appreciate it grestiy. Let me thank you for your
courtesy.

I want to squirt a tube for making
a phonograph cyJinder and had no idea how the die was
made. Of course, I wil} regard the information as
confidential.

Yours very—truly,

<< Aes a

aa
pe
ot:

August 7, 1914.

Edison Portland Cement Co.,
Ww. & Mallory. Bade. pres-,

Stewartaville, ew Jersey.

Dear Mr. Mallory:-

Fnclosed finde certificate Ho. 1726 for

376 ehares of Common stock of the Edison Portland Cement

Company. which Hr. Edison wants split into forty shares

in the name of H. vw. Phillipe, and 336 shares in his own

He says to send Phillips the shares promised.

name.

Will you please attand to the matter
ana oblige,
Yours very truly.

Becretary.

aman

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Tn accordance witn the promise that i

Mr. Edison made you the other day when you called ners, Ei

he has autographed one of his photos for you, and I an iH

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sending Lt to you by registered mai] under separate cover, Ba

I should be obliged if you wi3] kindly be

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acknow) edge receipt. :

Yours very truly, re

ASSISTANT TCO UR. EDISON,

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Aug. 8,2924,

Pref. Tuizi Romance,

#210 Mott Street,

New York City.

Dear Sir:

I em in receipt of your favor of the 7th
inntant, and would say in. reply that so far as I under
stenéd your. Kinetophone Waltz has not yet been reached on
the music to. be recorded by, our Recording Department. Just
at prosent that Department in closed down for two weeks
vacation, but as soon as they reopen, I wil) cal} thelr
attention to the matter and see what progress hae been
made.

Yours very truly,

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write

Ass 27, 3994,

Mr. o. BL Foloy,

cfoD. lL. & W. Ralixoad Co.,
#90 Want Strect,

few York City.

Dear lr. Foley:

BE want to thank, you in behalf of Exe. Pdisou
and aise permonally for vour kind faver of the eth inetant
and also foi the letter frer your Chief Engineer, ha. Res,
tn regard to obtaining sample of G2esaute and data relating
theretc,

We have sent over and cbtained the sample,
which is now tebne tected by Ms, Edisen te see if we can
use in sacs of something tise that he has had to inport
from Abroad,

Thanking you for your courtesy, I remain,

Youre very truly,

ASSIETANT TO MR, EDISON,

a cle te ee
MabiBET iGo: 0 oe RR BSE

Aum 10,3924,

Genera} Navad Stores: Camncn
#175 Front Street,
New York City.

Gentj asen:

Your favors of the Tih and 8th instent, together
with the soerplern of Fine Creosote O47 Have boon reecived,
and we beg ta thank you for your prompt attentien tc our
telephone revnage,

Yr. Edison wishes me to inform you that he hae
tested the samples you have sent, tut iney axe not avaijleble
for the wore that he has on hand at the present time. What

he is after is cresy}ic scldsa,but there is not enough in your

‘gomples to make the materia) avalicble If you have any thing

way

elze that you think uould be more ~uitable for hig reguire-

ments, wa ghowld be gle d be heas fron you,

ASSISTAMT Thom ruteay
AOL ETAL T Clie setae e EC

kr. P. Eijburn,
e/o The Edigor. Portland Cemort C>.,
Steweortevijje, NT,

Te 4 ch
Dear Sir,

Toam dn veeeirt

ray

er. a * a “ ate ie ~
Syour faver sf uve Pegh Pret.

agkine for the setuan of the report of Daliv Burireaas
Booked ag of August 6th, and beg to hand you the enme

hereri th.

about the neceseilty for promptnesn os: these repothe. 1%

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Jeoks for thee. from day ta day, and your report isa on

y ons

of a series, You urculd neve telerhnonee me te return this
report of August ¢th, eas you would have saved at Jeast ore
day. Tt will te the third day before I can get this report
back from you, which rears that the whose serien of reports
wi}] have been held up three Gaye, anda Ur, Edison vill find

feult.

Al? our other reports come very
premptiy, ond I would sugeersy that sou be
having thoi 2:27 Zinta the same dine,

Youre very tivly,

A irate denen Sek A

Aer?
TRE @
; : Aude 25, 1574.

Mr. P, Eidvurn,.
The Edlacn Portiend Cement f.,,
Eteworsaville, VT.
Dear Sir:

I heve received your favor of the 22th instant
and return your enelcaures herewith,

Bridentiy you do not understand, I wlll try to
make it claar. Ur, Bdison wants these roepertr every cay

promptly. He wants each report for each day separately.

etcieeiie Bawa See remem ee

gust an you have been doing before, Flease do not deviate
the alishtent from this requirement, end kindly wake cut
sezarute reperte far cach day since August 6th and send then
to me just ag quick as you Pussibdly can. Lr, Hdison la
getting very impatient on this aatvee: :

Yours very truly,

ASSISTANT TO LP. EDIECK.

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Denar Sis:

Your caver of the Mth instant, enclosing
copy of your application for Jetters patont on

Stereoreopic Hotion Picture FlIn, cence auly te wand, snd

£ expert on this

tT submitted the sume at once to my chie

particular ines I think it ¥i7) be bent te send you

copy cf nis report to me.

_"y nave. read carefully the application for
patent of Henry Eneu Jounson for the production ot

4 Stereorcopie Lotior. Picturos. .
"The methods augrected by him are aynvariably
the first idear that come to anyone a@enirous of tasing
sterecre mpic negatives in motion.
«there is no aifficulty in the way ef taking the
etereoncopic pair in a motion pieture comnera.
; “one promiem in etereoscopic pradection is how
: to differentiate the imeses of & atereoscopic paiz for
q the rient and left cye. ;
be “Perniatence of vision dcen not entex ints this
7 at aj}. .
“storecscopic yiaton requires a slight muscular
a change in the axia of each eye when a ehsnge of view
P point is teken und both eyes ara atmultetcs wy
on varioun objecte euccarriwety in differens parts cof the
scene and this sensatics ut be reprea@uced in viewins
wicture to possess aterpoesepie viston..

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3914,

Ur. Walter P. Phillipey 9°
o/o Columbia Graphophone Co., — -
Bridgeport, ‘Conn, :

Dear lr, Phillips:-
: I beg to acknowledge receipt of your
esteemed favor of the 13th instant, which, together with

the enclosures, have been read with a greet deal of

ILEUS E LE OC OE LETS EEA MIT Tse ott

interest. It seems to me we are never toc o1d to Jearn,

so tet me congratulate you, that you,an o]d time telegraph
man, hateJearned something new about telerrame within the
Tast feu days. /

‘If your friend, Er, Winter, is desirous
of making a visit to the Leboretory, I wil) take care of
him when he comes, and try to get a minute or two of Mr.

Edison's time to have him ercet Mr, Winter, This War has

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caused up ro end of inconvenience, as I suppose the case

with your Company, but Mir. Bdisen has not ceased to he a
giant when confronted with difficulties.
Youre very truly,

Mange a
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aug. 14, 3974.

Dr. George L. Schnerger,
Armour Institute, ; .
Thirty-Third & Federal Ste.,
Chicagea, 133.
Dear Dr. seherger:~
I bog to acknowledge receipt of your
favor of the J3th dnatant, enclosing your blographica)

artioje of Mr. Edison, written by you for "“Greates’ Living

Amexicens". %

o In accordance with your desire, I have
looked over the manuneript, and havo ‘taken the Tiberty. cf
making a few changen in accordance with facts, and have
also added a few suggestions in regard to your vib} Lography
at the end, al} of whicn I trust will be satisfacterzy.

I am returning your manuscript to you
enclosed herewith, and have sent you by mail, under separate
cover, a photograph of ir. Edison to which he hae appentied
his sutogzaph.

On my vacation, from which I have
returned a fev days ago, I had the pleasure of spending

several) weeks in Maine with Dy. Monin, whom I eateen very

“We had en axe “tina together,

Yours very truly,
ae LO Mee cert eee
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Aug. 17th, 1914.

SERRE GTN Settee ens

: Barrett Manufacturing Co-,

Frankford,

Philudelphia, Pa.
Gentlemen: ~

Referring to your favor of the 6th instant in whnicn

you made quotations on Oreaylic Acid, will you Kindly inform me in

regard to the first two items, viz, Uresylic Acid 97-99% and 95%
what percentage they carry respectively of the following: |
Meta
Para
Ortho
Phenol.
An early reply will greatly obtige: my

Youre very truly.»

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Aug. 17th, 1914.

Samuel Hill, Esq.,
Home Telephone & Telegraph Coe,
Portland, Oregon. ;

Dear Mr. Hill:~
I have received the globe which you so

kindly sent me in accordance with the promise made when you

were at the Laboratory sometime ago- It is very handsome

and I wish to express my thanks to you fo
The only thing that +roub les

and complete, rc sual
a splendid and useful present.

my mind now is the possibility that some of the pounéry liues

will have to be changed as & result of the present conflict.

with kind regards, I remain

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Aug. 18th, 2914.

Cou

Bayaay Chemical Co.-,

Baynay,
Elizaboth, 3. d-

Genvlemen:~

qT reveived your favor of the 17th this morning,

and thank you for your prompt attention.

We are now experimenting on the synthetic produs tion
of phenol by the Benzine Sulphonic Acid alxaline fusion process and
are getting protty good yields. This process was nuded in Germany

after the English G.vermont pur an embargo on phenol ia 1699.

Shoula we succeed in ‘gatting the process anyahere

witnin 3 reasonable cost 10 wilt move guick, and will be ina position

to act :mickly-

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Mr. A. Kobb,

% Ohas. Chipman's Sons,
349 Broadway, New York.
Dear Sir:-

Your favor of the 14th instant has
been received and its contents carefully noted. We beg
to thank you for your very kind interest in our records,
and also for frankly expressing your opinion in regard to
the paring of the selections.

_ The matohing of the selections that you

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August 18th, 1914.

mention was done some time ago when we had comparatively few

records ready to be put out for the public. Now that we are

increasing our list of selections, we are using more care in

the matching, and I think that you will find that there will

be less and less incongruity as we grow.
Once more thanking you for your kind in-
terest, I remain ,

Yours very truly,

Deore

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August 20th, 1914. ts!

Yen. John Braden,
Buumann Studios,
669 Pi£th Avenue,
New Yerk City.

My dsar Vrs. Braden:

I received your esteomed favor of the 15th
fnetent, the contents of which were very narefiilly noted with
4 great deal of interest.

I suppose you have been waiting for ue to

make an appointment for Mr. Eaison to give a sitting. a
presume you are in no particular hurry for 2 thot time, end
47 I may suggest thet you wait for awhile, possibly a weet or
tro, it woulé be hotter then trying to follow up the matter
OW “he European War has caused a great deal of disturb-
ance in our establishment as yell ag in many othere by reason
32 the Lnability to obtain our suppiies of chemicels which are
very much needed. 14 is a very serious thing to us as well

- as to many other manufacturers, and Mr. Edison is exccedizgly

busy just now trying experiments $0 that he will be able to
surstibute other materiale or mata them synthetically.

XY truss you will be content to leave the
matter in my hendu, and let me advise you as to the most
propitious time. You may rest assured that no one else is
voing to dap in, but that I shall look after this matter person-
ely e

Yours very truly,

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owen :

Mr. T. He Davis,
Vice President & General Manager,
Bayway Chemical Company,
Bayway, Elizabeth, RN. d. i
Dear Mr. Davis:~-

Your favor of the 19th instant has been
turned over to me. Tet’ me say for your information that
Mr. Edison has ten mon working on the synthetic process you
mention, and is getting excellent: results experimentally. The
work is being rushed as much as possible and just as soon as

he is ready you will hear from hin.
it will please you, that from this time on he is going to favor
American products to the utmost extent. There will be no

foreign products come in here if he can get the American
equivalent. Tis is for your personal information.

Yours ver truly,

520

August 21st, 1914.

ir. Henry E. Johnson,
Batly Road & Lansdowne Avee
Lensdowne, Pa. ,
Dear Sir:-

I have received your favor of the 17th
instant, and in reply beg-to say that my experts have tried a
vast number of schemes for. producing: stereoscopic motion
pictures, andi any opinions they may express are usually from
practical experience and not theoretical. Tet me say for
your information that I have an impression there are several
foreign patents issued which cover the general lines of your
sohene. : me 3%

You will pr bably be surprised to learn
that the motion picture houses will not pay anything extra for
novelties. We found that they would not pay an extra $10.C0
@ week fon talking motion pictures. There is not mich ide
for novolties if they increase the cost of production. ;

Yours very truly,——

tea.

2.8. -- I return your "Radiascope”.

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August 24th,

The Clayton Aniline Co, paid
Clayton
Manchester, England.

Gentlemen; -

Me Edison Airects me to write to
you to ascertain if you manufacture Paraphenylenediamine.
If not, will you kindly ciate him a qnotation on Parani-~
tranilin in ton’4 tots. Ee would aiso like you, to send a

priced catalogue : of y your productions.

Yours very truly, “?*

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August 24. 1914,

Edison Crushing Roll Co..
Stewarteville, New Jersey.

Attention Mr. E. 8. Ondyke.

Dear Mr. Ondyke:~-

Will you kindly advise me whether the
following plants using our crushing rolls are in
operation, so that I can check up my bookea:-

Kelley Island (Akron plant) last report April 1914

National Limestone Co. . . " ”
Dunbar Stone Company A> aie * May “
fornkins Cove Stone Campany * * June °

An early reply will oblize.

Yours very truly.

Dao

August 24th, 1914,

Messrs. John W. Leitch & Gos,
Milnsbridge Chemical Works,
Near Huddersfield

Yorkshire, England.

Gentlemen: -
Mr. Edison wishes me to enquire

whether you manufacture evephenylonedtemine or Paranitrenilin.

if 50, Will you kindly “quote prices in ton lots. Please also

send your general - catalogue ‘and Beige list.

. _ tours very truly, Lope

MH olteddnreuaf ; sep

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The New England Gas & Coke O04
111 Devonshire Street,
Boston, Masse ~

Gentlemen: -

Mr. Edison desires me to ask if you

make Benzol, and if so, what quotation you. can make in.

car load lots. i ve
‘Tg you ‘do not megufeoture this material

he would be glad. ie you would kindly glye him the names and

addresses of Tar Distillers. :
Yours yery truly, “0m

Zz : Pg Lote He.

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August 24th; 1914

Mr. W. HN. Matthews,

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3722 Forest Park Boulevard,
Bb Louis, Moe
Dear td Matthews ;

I.am in receipt of your favor of the 19th
instant, and have since received the two books you kindly
sent me They are very interesting.

You have so many kind words to say about
me that I feel much embarrassed to be obliged to disappoint
you again in regard to the talking motion picture.

You have been misinformed as to ‘there have
ing been mate a talking motion picture in which I appear.
For certain special business and family reasons I have agreed
not to make a speaking record for the phonograph, and I have
never appeared in the motion pictures but twice, one at a
private gathering of motion picture manufacturers, and the
other at my daughter's wedding. These pictures were of a
private nature and there are many reasons why I could not
consent to even a semi-public use of them. This I am sure will :
be quite obvious to you. ’ 5}

I-am sorry to disappoint ‘yous

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August 26th, 1914.

Wr. Je We Rochlitz,

* The Rochlitz Studio,
281 Fifth Avenue,

New York.

Dear Sir:-

XY am in receipt of your favor of the
25th instant, the contents of which have been read with
eareful consid eration.

Possibly I am at fault in not having been
more explicit in my former letter. While there is no
doubt about the artistic quality of your work, the
privilege given to Mrs. Braden was accorded not on account
of her connection with your Studio, but on account of her
other business associations in which we are interested. You
will see, therefore, it would be useless for me to enter
into any discussion of the matters relating to her connec-
tion with your Studio, and I shell have to ask you to excuse
me on that score.

Of course, I quite appreciate your wish to
have a sitting from Mr. Edison, but unfortunately I shall
be unable to make any promise in this diréotion at the
present time. He is exceedingly busy day and night on
very important matters, and I know that he would not consent
to another appointment at this time. If you will take up
the matter with me again in a few months, I will see what
gan be done, but, of course, I cannot make any definite
promise.

Yours very truly,

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C August 27th, 1914.

Mts, Blizabeth A. Evans,
5016 Sheridan Rd.,
Chicago, Til.
Dear Mrs. Evans:

. Ir am in receipt of your esteemed favor
of the 2ist instant, and regret to learn that you have had 580
much trouble on account of illness since last I heazi from you.
It has been a long siege, but I am glad to learn that you are
now out of the woods, ami trust that you will remain so.

As to your coming over to the Laboratory
again in October to sing for Mr. Edison, he is quite willing
that you should do so. I wish you would kindly let Imow a
few days in advance of your coming, 80 that I may be sure to
have an accompanigst here.

With kind regards and all good wishes for
your trial records, I remain
Yours very truly,

wares fa ‘ £.

Lite of
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Edison.

Assistant to Mr.

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Mr. Albert W. Hartt,
Kewport,

N. H.

Dear Mr. Hartt:

I beg to aclmowledge receipt of your
favor of the 22nd instant, and am glad that you wrote me
about your enjoyment of ny disco phonograph and records» It
is a great gratification to me to mow that after the days
and nights of hard work in the years thet I have spent to
make the phonograph 4 real musical instrument that I have
succeeded in pleasing lovers of real music.

We have records of many ‘violinists, such
as Carl Flesch, Melia, etc., but none can approach Albert
Spaulding in yerfection of technique, and I am pleased that

you confirm. ny judgment.

Yours very

| Cette

August 27th, 1914.

Dos

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August 27th, 1914.

Haynes,
% 0. Be Haynes & Company,
121 West Broad Street,
Richmond, Va-

| Dear Mr. Haynes:
Your favor of, the 2ist instant came

reply that we have still some

e to take many more when

to hand, and I beg to say in
more records by Anna Case, and I hop

she gets back.

Yours very truly,

ates au stoy ef ;
. |

een August 27th, 1914.

}
Mr. T. J. Parker,
) . General Chemical Co.,
rz 25 Broad Street,
| New York City.

Dear Sir:-

When things are normal we use about 25 pounds
of Paraphenylenediamine daily. Until the last few weeks we
rohased it regularly from the National Anilin Works, New York.
ey got it from a Buffalo concern whom they represent. When
we originally started to use it we were told. they had 60,000
pounds in stocks We ourselves have been carrying about 2,000
pounds in our stock.

A few days ago I asked the National Anilin Works
whether they would be able to take care of us, to which they
replied that they didn’t have a pound in stock, and I could
not get any satisfaction as to when they would have any. Ir
cannot resist the conclusion that they simply sold out to
speculators, thus leaving at least one regular customer in the
lurch. We paid them 50 cents a pound.

I am supplied for 90 days and intended to im-
port from England some Paranitranilin end reduce it myself, but
as I learn your people make Anilin oil, I thought I would state
these facts to you and see if you would not like to do this your-
selves and sell the Paraphenylonediamine to me.

I am very glad to get the tables on Sulphuric
Acid, which you sent to me through Mr. Meadowcroft; also the
pamphlet, which I have read. Your prompt action in regard to
the Hydroquinone is appreciated.

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August 27th, 1914.

TO WHOM THIS MAY CONCERN: -~

This ia to certify that Mr. Thad D.
Smith has been in my employ, as draftsman, for nearly three
years. His work has heen satisfactory. He is laid off

because of the disturbance of business conditio by

the European War.

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August 27th, 1914.

Mr. J. H. T. Tudsbery, .
% The Institution of Civil Engineers,

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Great George Street,
Westminster, S. We,
London, England.
Dear Sir: .

I am in receipt of your circular letter
of the 30th ultimo concerning the disposal of the balance
of the Kelvin Memorial Fund, and beg to inform you that
I am in favor of the recommendation of the Executive

Committee as therein outlined.

Yours ve wy,

CONG es

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August 3let, 1914.

Mr. and Mrs. G. B. Sayre,
164 Tonnele Avenus,
Jersey City, ie Jeo

Dear Friends:

Your favor of the 24th nitimo was forward

ed to Mrs Edison, who was much gratified to learn that your
disc phonogreph has given you 80 much pleasure.

He has given instructions to have 4 record
made at once of the som "J hear you calling me", and in due
time you will be able to get it. You will appreciate, of
course, that it takes some weeks to put thie through the
regular course of manufacture.

Yours very truly,

Assistant to Mr. Edison.

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August 3ist, 1914.

Hon. E. W. Townsend,

Piss ca TE, ai

House of Representatives,

Washington, D. C.

Dear Mr. Tovmsend:

I want to thank you for your favor of the 28th
instant. Let me say for your information that the State
Department obtained the consent of the English State Depart-
ment to lift the embargo in my case so as to permit me to
have 50 tons per month of Carbolic Acid. Today, however, =F
received a cable stating that the British Board of Trade did
not agree with the English State Department and are hesitating.
So I may not get it after all.

Replying to your question why we cannot make
chemicals here in this country, I would say that if you and
your friends in Congress will get together at once and pass
& Bill similar to that which the Canadians have passed to pre-
vent “dumping” in this market, (Canadian Customs Tariff, RS.
1906, Sec. 12.), it will be a builder in this country and make
America dominant in the chemical trade.

We need no protective tariff, - just stop this
dumping business and that will do the trick. You can doubtless
get a copy of the Canadian act at Washington.

The German chemical industries maintain very
smart representatives in this country. The moment they hear
of some small capitalist going into the manufacture of some
special chemical material, down goes the price and the jig is
up. The monied men get scared and withdraw.

; The waste of raw materials in this country on
i this account is awful. Pm

Yours very truly,

LAS AC ws ( ed flaws. ns

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Sept. lst, 1914.

Sou. wake ee J. Bryan,
Segvetery of State,
Vash strat on, De. OG.

My dear Mr. Bryan:

‘te you can get your friends in Congress to pass a Bill
similar to the one the Canadians have passed, to prevent "Dumping"
by the Germans into the United States of America, it will build
up our Chemical industriede Te BALL I refer to relates to
Canadian Customs Tariff, Re Be 1906, Seo. 12.

The Germans nave extremely adroit ‘agents in this
country, and every time a small man attempts to start manufactur-
ing one or more of the standard chemical productions the Germans
cut the ices The monied men backing our chemist withdraw, ad
the jig is ape This is very unfair We don't want any protective
tariff. Just pass the Canadian Dumping Bill and we can block the
Amn of our German friends.

Cur waste of raw material in this country te-awsl.

Yours very truly
<hact Coon

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KY
Sept ° 2, 1914.

Mr. Kaspar Siedler,
44% Wo. Oak dat
Buffalo, He '

Dear Sir:-
Your

favor of the 29th alte, to Mes, Edison

and we beg to say ‘in reply that

nm the Rhine” was made at
terdey. It will

eB of manufacture

has been received,
a record of the “Watoh 0
our Recording Laboratory only yes
ugh the various process

ar on ow list of records +
fortunately for your purpose this will tek ‘several

weeks, but we shall try and hurry it through 8&0 that
may have 4t ap quickly 2 possible.
Yours .very truly,

have to go thro
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pefore it can appe

the public

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Sept. 4th, 1914.

Messrs. William #. Gray & Coe,
76 William Street, :
New York City-

Gentlemen: -

Referring to the telephone conversations

oft and your Mr. clifford Dixon today,

between Mr. Meadowcr
to take the two car loads

I beg to say that I am willing
of Benzole at thirty to tnirty one cents per gallon,
assuming that it is 90% Benzole.

You might say te your fr
portunity of bidding On any surplus

iend that I shall

pe glad to have an op

supply of Benzole he may have. :
Yours very 4 ‘a :
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sept. 4th, 1914.

Hon. William Hughes,
, United States Senate,
Washington, D. O-

iF My dear Mr. Hughes:
I pag to acknowledge receipt of your

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favor of the and 4natent enclosing & letter from the State

i
: Department regarding the exportation of carbolic acid from
England to United States, and thak you for your very kind

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attention in the matter.
I think that the conditions imposed on

such importation will enable us to still maintain our factory

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Sept. 4th, 1914

« 8. Irvine,
6.Blysian Avenue,
ttaburg, Pas

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Lear Sir:-

Your favor of the ist instent to Mr.

Edison has been received, and we thank you for your kind

atténtion.
Mr. Edison roquesta us to say that we

are large users of Carbolic Acid, and use Benzol to manu-

facture it synthetical
Should you at any time have an excess

ly by the sulphonic process, which is

now in operation.

of Benzol, we would ask you to kindly advise us.

- Yours very truly,

&, : vt,
Leal 72 bn ae

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SEPT, 4th, 1914.

Hon. John V- Lesher,

%, House of Represent atives,

Washington, De C-

My dear Sir:-
xy am in receipt of your favor of

the 2nd instant in regard to Mr John Cruikshank, and

n reply that from the tone of
utter lack of information as +

his letters,

would say 4
o the

which indicated his

aed that he was demented, end

state of the arc, we cone lu:
ve paid no attention to him. The fact is that

therefo
eny other American inventor has been able to

ng motion pictures on aco

neither I nor

ount of

got a ‘valid patent on talk

patents in foreign countries
Yours very +

antedating us-

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September A, 1914.

Brentano's,
Wifth Ave, & 27th St,
New York City.
Gentlemen: -
Will you kindly renew the subscriptions
ef the various periodicals, sent to Thomas A, Fdiasn,
Tuntor, Burlington, New Jersey, upgn their expiration.

es per your letter of the 4th instant.

Kindly send bill to the Laboratory and
oblize,

Yours very truly,

Hf fe

Secretary.

Sept. Sth, 1914.

Ea, G00. . Cope,
Baitor, The Iron Age,
239 ‘lest S9th Street,
New York City.

Dear Sirs=

Your favor of the »th instent has been received.
In reply I would say that Gexvnolic Acid is not obtainahle in ,
this country as our tars contain scercely any; hence we are
dependent on Englend and Germany.

IT em the largest single user of Gaertolic Acid

hore, and the embargo placed on shipments by England, to-

gether with the impossir ility of obteining any from forery,
hes put me in a pretty tight place. However, by massing @
hig gang of men in three anifts I have erosted all the
machinery ard apparatus Yor weleing Phenol synthetically Pron
Benzol, end my plent is nov wording, but ~ shell manuracture
only for my own use in the production of phonogravh records,
It occurs to me «het there are many things we
are short of in the chemical line that could be made, here

qvickly 12 some people in the trade would act - not talk.

600 :

Sent» 9, 1914.

A. I. Clymer, Eaq..
Van Wert. Ohia.

My dear Mr, Clymer:-
Your letter of the 15th ultime received.

We are just holding our own a6 far as

profit is concerned. Truck sales by the manufacturers have

almost dropped to Zero, and railroads are buying very fow
patteries for lighting nurposes.

Mor. Ford is not yet satisfied with the

model of hia electric, altno he has made three and is now

testing his fourth one. We are prepared to give him all

tne oatteries he vants.
The Beach company failed becauver their }

A New York banking fima

business methods were dubious.

nas taken over the yusinese and have gold several cars.
as the war is more settled they exnect to

They say as soon

do a large business.

We have no trouble with the battery in

cold weather. A car and two trucks ran last winter in
Canada, there are

Fairbanks, Alaska; and up in Winneveg,

more than a dazen cars that went thru two winters.

If things were only norimel we could be

making lote of money. If Ford succeeds our profits will

pe very large.
Yours very truly.

se v8

Cas hee. hata,

613

Sept. 10th, 1914.

Mr. Malcolm Colcleugh,
Ottawa,
Sanada.
Gear Sir:-

Your daughter informs me that you have
retired from the Grand frunk Rajlwey after fifty two
years service. X am pleased to hear of you after the

lapse of so long a time, and trust you may live many years

to enjoy the rest which your extended service has fairly

entitled you. to. gy
Yours vexy-truly,
ey
gee ae
a #.. Ga (eer
Co

614

Sept. 10th, 1914.

Dre avthurs Py Holding,
103 Pur avcuna,

New York.

Dear Sir:-

I beg to acknowledge receipt of your favor of
the 5th instant, together with photog-apls illustrating cancer
cases before and after treatment. Allow me to thank you
for your letter and for the privilege of looking at these
photographs, which are returned herewith. Ea vather
curious to know whether your method of treatment is by the
Xray or some other special plein electrical treatment that
you use. The results certainly look good, and if I had time
I should accept your invitetion to witness a demonstration of
your methods, but I am tied up here day and night with my ex-
tensive work.

I should be glad if you will kindly let me seo

a copy of your article when it is published in the Medical

Journal. ns
Yours v [rw 2
ae

os {clears aaa

Sept. 12th,

iv. woorge H. Babcock,
Brooklyn Borough,
Kings County, N. Y.

2aar Sirs- .

Roplying to your recent favor, we
Sag? vay that your copy of the little book "Tuskawanta”
a3.) .2 lace Edison was received and has been handed over
we Ams He hes been exceedingly busy for several months
ate hes not yet had time to read it, but as soon as
te hus Ladsure will Leok it over.

Yours very truly,

Edison Laboratory.

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Sept. 12th, 1914.

Dr. Le. dk. Etrashborg,
1957 Madison avenue,
Baltimore, Md.
Dear Sirse

Your favor of the llth instant to Mr. Edison has
been received. He requests us to say in reply that he is
nugh obliged to you for your frank expression of opinion in
yerard to the pzinging out of records of dance music, put asks
that you will kindly bear in mind that our diamond disc machine
fs comparatively new, and that we are building up our catalog.
no this end we are hastening to get in position to put out the
any Levest dance music and also other musical selections of
yaoent publication.

' Up to date we have issued the following records of

danea music, and more ap peing recorded all the time:

"pe Poem Waltz - Boston

EL Rio Rey - Rango

Muy Lindo

Pastime Rag

Sean Souci - Mexixe
Admiration Waltz - Bos ton

Meunea Tango

La Paolista

Dreaming ~ Hesitation Waltz
Adele - " "
Tele adtAmour - i a
Mac face Isso

Anafa ~ Maxixe

Maori Tango

Yours very truly,
EDISON LABORAVORY -

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ce ens oe

My. Mevman H. Hoexter,
Dear Sire
I have received a copy of the Century

F Ouere, House Magazine in vinich there appears an article

entitled "The Phonograph", whic

woivben by you, hn I have read

witha a great deal of interest.

Tf you can spare the time to run ovor to

ery glad to have a chat

a pu

tho Taboratory some day, I shall be v
u something new and interest-

and think I can ghow yo

ri bh yon,
u telephone my Assistant,

i Ang,iuk F would suggest that yo Mr.

seermyeredb, so 78 bo make sure that I shell be here at the

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Sabet vats Daze
SORRY ron aca

627

Sept. Lith, 1914.

Mr. We S- Mallory, President
Edison Portland Cement Co., i
St. James Building,
New York city.
Dear Mr. Hallory:
I am in receipt of your favor of the LOoth inst.

in vogard to lr. Eugene H. Grubb. He called here and hed quite

a conversation with Mr. Baison after he had visited the farm at

Hew Village. He made an exceedingly favorable report to lr. Edison

about the work that Mr. Kiefer had done.
According to the post of my recollection, when

tie, Grubh came here @ few months ago he volunteered to go UD to the
tai and Look things over. Tam quite sure that Mr. Edison aid not
ags him to go, and I know for a fact that no definite arrangements

were made as to his going in any official capacity:

Nothing was seid or hinted at on his recent visit

4o Io. Baison thet he would expect any foe, and, as a matter of fact,
T do not think that he will expect any remuneration from Mr. Edison.

Yours very + ruly,

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636

Sept. 12th, 1914

Wilson Remover Company
115 Chestnut Street,
Newark, Ne d.

Gent dathenge

Your favor of the , 9th instant to the
Edison Storage Battery Company has been handed over to Mr.
Edison. He requests us to say in reply that we shall only
make carbolic crystals for our own use. He states that there
4s a Chemical Works in Pittsburg intending to make Carbolic
Acid Crystals. He does not recall the name at this time.
He also wndorstanis that the Barrett Manufacturing Company ‘axe
to orect a plant for the same purpose.

Mr. Edison asks us to say to you that he has
m Crystalized Ortho Cresol, in

about 40,000 pounds of pure Germ

cens, which is for gale. If you can use any of this, he will

pe glad to get your offer. It is a wore powerful aisinfectant

shan Carbolic.

Yours very truly,
4

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Assistant to Mr. Edison

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638

- Sopt. 12th, 1914.

Mb’. Joe Mitcholl Chapple,
The National Magazine,
Boston, Mass.

Dear Lin. Chapple:

Replying to your favor asking me to
write you sore thing on the subject of "How's Business?",
let me say that if Ll should write you an answer it would
be necessery 40 bring in the subject of the war. There~
fore, I think it is better to wait a little while until

thins are more clear.

Yours very tr

639

Sept. 12th, 1914.

he He E. Heitman,
% Whe H. EB. Holtman Co.,
I. Myors, Pla.
bear Sir; ,
Your favor of the 8th instant has been
received. In reply let me say that I do not agree with you
4 in sonere to the Dock, and I do not intend to spend any more
money until I am obliged to. ®re whole place is a sink

hole for money.

651

Sept. 14th, 1924,

Bayway Chemical Coo,

Bayway,
Blizabeth, N. d-
Gentlemen: =
Your favor of the 12th inatant in
o the orystalized ortho Gresol has been received. in
ay that I em willing to sell what Ih :

half cents per pound, which is just

regard t
reply I beg to 8

hand at geven and one

ave on

what it cost use
Of course, you understand that it is
first come first served, and this offer is subject to prior

Bales
pacer e

Yours very truly, LZ

AGA Et TURNER eee ool

TCG ALEEPUEECE UISTEETS TEPER RIESE CS USE

652

Sept. Lith, 1914.

itive Van Vocrhis Close,
1f Alpine Street,
Newark, We Je

Dear Sire

Your favor of tho 22th ultimo, together with
your description and drawing of a mooheniam to be placed within
a motion picture camera for the purpose ¢ f yroduaing stereoscopic
effect was received.

Z have ned one of my experts go carefully over
your description and drawings, oni have rasetved o report from

him that the sam? is impracticable. the following is eu extract

#rom his report:

“Tt have. carefully studied the desoription given and ac
companying perell sketoh of the devies for producing
atercosoopic motion pictures, and my opixion is that
such a device for taking motion picturs negatives
ptereosuopically will have many serions objections, the
most serious one I think is whether it will be possibile
in the brief period of tim between the successive ex-
posures to shift the mechanism that claws the film and
carries the sprocket whesls for feading the film from
the upper to the lower retort, @ distance of 2~1 2
dnohes, bring it to a dead atop in register and lock it
80 rigidly as to arrest any 4ndependent vibration petween
4+ and the lens and smtter bearing elements. This must
all be accomplished in not more than @ 1/25 of a second,
to be at reat during exposure. Having made a negative
and positive print from it, there is still the inherent
defect in the method proposed for projection that persist
ence of vision will convey the impression of a rapid to
andi fro movement of tne eyes or a confusion of the two
images, as the right and left eyes are continually seeing

oe aw 7 ote cea

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Mr. Van Voorhis Close,
Page -2-
Sept. 15th, 1914. :

both images of the stereoscopic palre

We have many simple ways of obtaining the atereoscopia
negative images and printing devices for arranging
them on one film for side projection or segregating
them for two projection machines put no solution, at
least none that appears practical, other than to use
alternating shutters operating synchronously for the
right and left eye consecutively, or to differentiate
the images with the colored spectacles of red and
greene By superimposing the red image for the Left
eye of the stereoscopic peir upon a green image for
the right upon one strip of standard perforated film
and viewing with the colored spectacles, we got a
perfect serecacopic motion pioture."

While I thank you for your Kind offer to turn this

tT cannot make usc of the sane

I therefore return your

idea over to me without charge,
on account of its impracticability.

description and drawing herewith»
Yours vory truly,

Jo mew ocean hae

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Sept. 25th, 1914.

Mr. Henry Gavin,
233 Riley Street,
Buffalc, N. Y-

Dear Sir:-

Our Hy. Gardiner has celled on me this morning and

handed to me the portrait you made of ma in cil colors. It lea

very creditable plece of work, and it give me mugh pleasure to accapt

it and to thank you for the kindly sentiment which prompted you to

paint it.

Thinking you might like to have one of my photographs

I send you one by this mai.
Yours very truly,

663

Sept. 15th, 1914. }

Hon. William J. Bryan,
Secretary of State,
Washington, De C.

My dear Mr. Bryan:

In reply to your favor of the 9th instant relating
to "Dumping" by the Germans into the United States permit me to
say I entirely agree with you that there will be no dumping
while the war continues.

Let me repeat, however, that if you wish to build
up an Amerioan chemical infiustry,now is the time to pass the
Dumping Act. We need it now.

Nobody will aiveet money in a chemical works at this

time, for they know that when the war is over the Germans will
start the old game and ruin them. You prevent the Standard
Oli from going into a community and ruining the small refinery

and yet the Germans are permitted to do @ parallel thing.
Yours very A

2 Ss epeb one

we er Lang is
bE REL EARL BECREETERRESUES PUTER EERREES LEER

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Sept. 15th, 1914.

L. Co Gorsuch & Company
Wao Ronktainsas,.
Springfield, Ohio.

Gentlemen:

I am in receipt of your favor of the 12th
instant, and in reply beg to remind you that our disc busi-
ness is comparatively new and that we are building up 4
catalogue and must put in ell the old standard ballads and
other selections. You must remember also that in a list of
Rifty records divided up into eight sections, some sections

will be weaker then others. We are now recording every new

piece of music of any value as fast as it cgmes-out’s >)

Yours very truly,

Sa ‘
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Sept. 1Léth, 1914.

Mr. Ro He Donnelley,
22% Fulton Street,
New York City.

Dear Sivs~
Wi11 you please send at once by express to my assist~

ant, Mro We He Meadowcroft, at this address, one copy each of
Classified trade telephone directory of following olties, as per

telephone conversation of todays

Brooklyn Milwaukee
Albany Providence
Buffalo Rochester
Chicago Troy
Cincinnati

You will find check for $8.00 enclosed, in payment

for sane
Will you do me the favor to note on enclosed sheet
wherts 1 oan obtain similar classified trade teLephone directories of

the cities named thereon, and return the sheet to Mr. Meadowcroft.

Yours very truly,

Romas GQ. Vleion

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Sept, 1Bth, 1Loid.

Me, do M. Howtliton,
348 Hummel Street, “
Harrisburg, Fay

Dear Sirie

Your fever of the 1Lét togtent to Mre

jus been received. He suggests that if you bappen “So WO es
over to New York City, you can call in owe Roeording Soudio,

#79 Fifth Avenue, New York City and B06 Ure Weiter Tad
ur. Héieon

who Will meke a tost phonograph record for you.
ing "Hattinete™ 21 Wg

further suggests that you 8
ever Told", so that we may compare the regoras i th acnething
that we ulready havec Tz you intend going over io flew Yor,

you could write Mre Miller in advance and make an appeintuent

with hime

In order to avoid any misunderstanding, let me

state that we do not pay the expenses of singers coming to our
place for a trials
Yours very truly,
UW Yeuliecd igen teS
Assistant to Mr. paisox.

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Sept. 18th, 1914. |

Proudfoot Commercial Agency,
Singer Building,
New York City.
My dear Mr. Proudfoot:

Mr. Edison has asked me to write to
you and find out what wot think about the Salvation Arny,
from which he receives occasional requests for financial
assistance, and has answered some of them favorably. He
does not care to have you go into any exhaustive report, but
state generally whether- you think it is. all right to assist
ocoasionally. ,

“In regard to Col. Martin, we have decided
not to have any dealings in that direction, and therefore you
need not go any further in making reports on hin.

Yours very truly,

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SOO F. Taylor Commission 0Co.,
BO Pine Street,

New York.
Gentlemen: ~

I beg to aclmowledge receipt of
your favor of the 16th instant, which has been placed
before Mr. Edison for his consideration, He requests
me to sayin reply that he could not use the lower grades
that you mention, and as to the Carbonate of Potash, the
price is too stiff for us. 5
Thanking you for your prompt atten-
tion, I am |

Yours very truly,
ayo, C

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Assistant to Mr. Edison.

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158 Central Avene,

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Dear Sirs-

Replying to your favor os the Letu
instant, let me say that I have had my Plorids jhovuss paiatkec
this year. I believe there is considerabis construs:ton
work patie on at Fort Myers, but am unable to say Whet ies. or
not there would be any opening for you.

Yours very traly,
Pilomas &. Gliom
fn.

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Sept. 2eand, 1914.

Mre Ae Co Phelps,
1352 St. Mary Street,

New Orleans, La.

' Dear Six:

Your favor of the 14th instant has
peen received. If you will send copies of your songs to
mo at this gadvead I will have them played and sung to me,
and if any of them are found gesirable for the phonograph |

ve can talk of business arrangements later One
Yours truly,

VE peee Gwe

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ie Sept. 22, 1914.

H. 3. Gibson Realty Co., Inc.,
Forty Second Strect Building,

20 Bast 42nd St., New York.
Dear Sirs:

Replying to your letter of the L7th inst., rerord-
ing the property at Ho. 10 Fifth Ave., ‘ew York, 1 wonla say
that I will sell the same for just what I paid for it, vis:
$113,743.00. There ie a $75,000.00 mortgage on it ai of%.
In eddition to whet I paid for it, 7 have expended thonsands

of dollcrs in improvements md aiteretions.

Yours very

Sept r gand, 1914.

Mr, Allan L. Benson,
1 Arthur Street,
Yonkers, Ne Yo
Dear Mr, Benson:

I duly received your favor of the 16th inst.
enclosing olipping of your article from The World. In
reply let me say that while your scheme ig desirable, it
‘geema impracticable. . On the whole, I am so discouraged

by this War that I feel it is a eae anything.
Yours very truly,

a a Ge ou

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General Letterbook Series
Letterbook, LB-099 (1914-1915) [not selected]

This letterbook covers the period May 1914-February 4915. It contains
letters of transmittal and other correspondence concerning the procurement
of materials and supplies. The spine is
other markings on the cover or spine.
pages, all but 19 of which are blank.

stamped "Letters," but there are no
The book contains 693 numbered

General Letterbook Series
Letterbook, LB-100 (1914)

This letterbook covers the period September-November 1914. Most of
the correspondence is by Edison and William H. Meadowcroft. Included are
letters concerning chemical shortages during World War |, Edison's opinion of
Jewish bankers and industrialists in Germany, and the feasibility of constructing
concrete houses in France and Belgium after the war. Other documents pertain
to Edison's property at 10 Fifth Avenue in New York City; demonstrations of the
disc phonograph; and commemorations in honor of Edison and electric
lighting. The correspondents include Herbert L. Satterlee, a biographer of J.P.
Morgan; longtime Edison associate Thomas Commerford Martin; reformer
Lillian Wald; and financier Jacob H. Schiff of Kuhn, Loeb and Co.

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| | Mr. Geo. D. Moulton,
1) : 141 Milk Street,
Beston, Masso

Dear Mee Moulton:
Allow mo to thank you for your very anteresting

lotter of the ith Angbant end for the suggestions contained

your kind-

therein. I also want to express my appreciation of

ness in sonding the List. of calls for the old time dances. It |

have given ‘instryctiens to get th

ep emcees

e music of all these dances,

and will then see what gan be Gone about recording them for the

phonograph. z ee its

It affgrds me, much ‘gratigioation to learn that

fereeurenenenmnennie rat

a pise Phonograph. TI have pub a

you aro enjoying the Dismonc
ing, the est three or four

great deal, of hard work into at. dur
years and, naturally, it is very aioourentne to learn that T
vers of real musice wring

Yours very.
el fo %
ee rors) iG Cai nye

nave pleased 1o

Sept. 23rd, 1914.

Mr. Howard Shelley,
% Century Opera Co.
62nd and 63rd Streets,
New York.
Dear Sir:~
Your favor of the 21st instant to Mr. Edison
has been recived, and he requests me to say that he will be
glad to see you ‘tomorrow if you wish to come out Herel I
would suggest as the best time either between 9 and le: 50 in
the morning ‘or ‘between 2 and 4 o'clock in the afternoons
It might be well for you to telephone me in
advance of your ¢ coming, 580 that I will try to keep him free of
appointments for the hour you mention. Our telephone number
is 908 Orange.

Sta

Yours very, truly,

Assistant to Mr. Edison.

EE ee eee

Sept. 23rd, 1914.

Mr. O. P. Harlan, Vice Prese,
‘he First Netional Bank,

Stamford, Texas.

Dear Sir:=

I beg to acknowledge beceipt of
your favor of the Lith instant, and would say in reply
thet our five concerns have each pought a bale \nrovgh the
Houston Phonograph Company, and these bales have been pald
for. You will see, therefore, that we have already attended

to our part. —y

Yours very t ?

iO CAwan=

: a ‘ } Vd

Sept. 24th, 1914.

Mise Lillian D. Wald,
265 Henry Street,
Nen York City, WW. Y.
Dear Mias Yald:~

I m in receipt of the joint invitation of yourself
and Miss Addams to me@t with some friends for a romd tableconferonce
on Tuesdsy next, and beg to express sy appreciation of your courtesy

and confidence in inviting me to thie meeting.

Owing to the great a{sturbance of business conditions

aue to the War, I am pvernorked, and regret to say it will be utterly

% angy» notsithstanding my earnest desire to do 30-

impossible for me to ge
-

Yours ve ly,

i, yah romee

Sept. 25th, 1914.

Bayway Chemical Jompany,
Rayway
Bligabath, N. J.

Gentlemen: -

Por the present ve aro atoring druns of Bénzole out

Avera under tarpaulins, and Mr. Edison wants me to inguire of you

He wishes to know whether the

ahother thas is 211 right or not.
drums laak or must they be stored in 4 puilding; also whether Bonzole
nued cold :

‘311 be injuriously afzected by any cold sneps or conti

weather.
Yours very truly,

tn ;
va

Assistont to Mr. Edison. i

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Sept. 25th, 1914.

Rey. George Drew Egbert,
77. Bowne Avenue,
Flushing, N. Z-

Dear Sir:s-

TI amin receipt of your esteemed favor of

the 22nd instant, and peg to say in reply that I shall be very

gee you and ‘show you around the Laboratory at

glad indeed to
I am usually here

e that will suit your sonvenie nce.

any tim
0, except Saturday when I try

every day from 9 to 4:3
1 expect that Hr. Edison will be here every

to get away

in the afternoon.

day, go there ie every probability that you would be able to

‘ghake hands with hime
If it is possible,
ee of your comings

I would suggest that you

line a day or 80 in adven
Youre very truly,
hi
Lif 7

a@rop me &

Sapt.25,1914.

Mr. H. B. Heitman,
Fort Meyers,

Florida.

Tear Sirc-
Raplying to your letter of the 22nd

instant cesarding the dock, Mr. Fdaigon wants i5

patched up only 80 asp to prevent any accident.

Yours very truly,

Secretary.

ope

rd
ward

Sept. 25th, 1914.

Mrs. He S. Latimer,
208 Lefferts Avenue,
Brooklyn, N. Y-

Dear Madam:~

Your favor of the 22nd instant has been
received. In reply we peg to say that if you will go to our
Recording Rooms, at #79 Fifth Avenue, Yew York City, and hand
this letter to Mr. Walter H. Miller, the Manager, he will make
a cylinder trial record of your voice and send 44 over to Mr.
Raison for his nearing at the Laboratory:

If you prefer, you can write to Mr, Miller
with this letter and make 6n appointment with him for a definite
date.

Yours very truly,
Zz

Aad ‘ a
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ro? rr)

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Sept ° 26th, 1914 r)

o8rM
t 80S Mr. F. Morsfelder,
Hoare 436 Fourth Avenue

he ’
pale Newark, N. J.

tsed

Dear Mr. Merafelder:

q I am in receipt of your favor of the 23rd
000T instant, and would say in reply that Mr. Dolhart's trial
aoeH record is in the factory undergoing the factory processes,
one and we shall not be able to obtain the mould for hearing
wee until about a week or ten days from this time. of course,
Arie Mr. Edison would not pass any opinion in the matter until

ok he has heard the trial record, 580 there would be nothing
aE more that he could say for the present.
edph As soon as the record comes through, I shall

drop you a note and you can come over ani hear it.

Yours very truly,

peigrrng mersth nad RES eet

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ee

Sept 25th, 1914.

Mr. Ae R. harvey’,
pd ea
Dear Sir:-

Your favor of the 2lst instant came auly to hand.
Its contents were noted carefully, and I laid the whole matter pe-
fore Mire Edison. He appreciates very much your great interest
in his machine sail ‘yecords, and has read the advertising paper
that you submitted. He desires me to say to you thet our
advertising men have already used most of the arguments you set
forth, so he is afraid that we cannot make any trade such as you
suggest. t therefore return your paper to you herewith.

; Mire Edison asked mo if I mew 4 tittle more ‘about
you, that 4s to say, your age and what sort of business you are
engaged ine I tola him you were a atranger to me, but T would
ask the questions. If there is no ob jection to advising me on
these points T shall be very glad to hear from you againe

Yours very truly,

Assistat to Mr. Edison.

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Sept. 26th, 1914

v. Re Fe Eldridge,

by
% Bw Jolly Elk,

VeL Hast Pitth Street,
St. . aul, Minn.

Dear Mo. Eldridge:
ky. Meadowcroft 1188 shown me your Letter to him

and also the sample sopie

ery day life aro very remark-

3 of the Jally

of the 19th Instent,
tT. goincidences of av

able, and it “es certainly odd that

old acqueintance ov nine

Bik.
my assistant should have

in writing bo get some

hit wpen en

4nformation fox ice:
J shank you for

your kind wishes in regard to

myself, and trust tiet the world has used you well in the ye ars

ed since last we met.
Yours very tz ; y

ae _—

that havo olaps

soul ct ae eohary gn emer eS

Sept. 26th, 1914

Hr. C. Be Prayer,

Edison Storage Battery Co.,
2025 Nichigan Avenue,
Chicego, Ills.

Dear Sir:~
I have been Looking over a long list of returned

cells from Chicago from different people, and I do not under-

stend why we have so much trouble, except it may meen that our

Inspection Department is either inadequate or incompet ont.
Please forward to me at the Laboratory, hereafter,

the daily reports of the inspectors, signed by the owners of tho

batteries, so that I can keep a line on them. I will then

turn them over to the Battery Company here> Chicago is the

only spot that we have had any serious trouble.

Yours very tr

-
7 Sept. 26th, 1914.

Mr. G. B. McLean,

Manager New Business Dept.,
Pacific Light & Power Corporation,
624 Pacific Electric Bldg.,

Los Angeles, Calif. :

Dear Sirs-
I beg to acknowledge receipt of your favor of

the L8th instant, and would say in reply that there is a basis

of fact that Mr. Henry Ford is considering the putting upon the

market of an electric vehicle in which my storage battery will be

usede

So far as I am concerned, I am ready with my
battery, but lire Ford is still experimenting on the vehicle. He

_-has had made and tested four different types of car, and from these

experiments is puilding his fifth.
2 with the performance of his vehicle,

I presume that when he has

satisfied himsel he will be

ready to put it out on the market.

ret ied |
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Sept. 29th, 1914.

Mre Philip J. Sullivan, National Sect'y,
Ancient Order of Hibernians in America,

Thompsonville, Conn.

Dear Sir:-
I bag to acknowledge receipt of your

favor of the 26th instant, ani also of a copy of the

Directory of the Ancient Order of Hibernians in America for
1913-1914.
In behalf of Mre Edieon, I desire to
thank you very much for your prompt and liberal response to
my letter.

Yours very truly,
Ay ved "more. Fong Beret ae IG
4 he

Assistant to Mr. Edison. }

ceuver 29, L914,

T have read tne letter wiia: Tr. Asa ng Potver

Ou vue oete of the c4tn ‘inetent, and ote 7 he has

nraeTe “@ vlearly the main points of the general nian
A to him when he called upon me. The onrryin - out
heen entrusted to &n organization oo» specilly

wou. T have ed at worl: several weeks.

ses nay ion to

It will *e the pepo oi t. is or
lerse forse ox -.on +. : vesitals in
notensce, I ocpect oeoh wen in
where trey could he oe sy Yor Soverel yoars
3 recitals To the mune a onisae
Sous IT e pacr vo 072
anion located here,

Love a

As £ oxpletiued to
its &rrense Lor end

and

done sithout the slightest SeeunpE at: conmmeroeleliai:
I seid that possi>ly, coter soue months ov experience
; he a>le te 2 @gormection with the "ea sons,
& Svore on 1 tn Avenue for the sale of our

ye recitel wort, aS ahove outlined,

tne nagexent of uy special orituclt section
‘co one Inndved dullaers a nonth. There would be no
acrne2ntod wil titis unco:merciel exploitet ion.

Should he
SORGGCTH, wi bat

Looizines
wourse, seeck: *

tiv business,

c0 i. O%
uf on these lines,
oy soon

sept. 30th 1914.

| WwW. S. Gray & Co.,

‘ 7G William st.,

i ton York City, b. ¥-
Atvention Er. C1ifford Dixon

poorest
safes Gentlemen: —

I am offering the 40.000 pounds of Ortho Cresol

ven and one half cents a pound, F- 0. B. our works

t this price 1 am willing

crystals at se

at Orange, X. J- If you make & sale a

to pay you a cormissior of two and one half per cent.

pe understood that this material has been

It must
offered to others, end I shall set} to the first comer sho is will-
ing to take it.

Yours vory truly,

ee ee ee
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Sept. 50th, 1914.

Mr. Laurence H. Ilucker,
5165 Marquette Avenue,
Minneapolis, Minn.

Dear Mr. Lucker:
I am in receipt of your favor enclosing

a list of Norwegian songs that you say you would like to have

recorded both for dise and blue amberol. I am having the

kead up for me.

music of these Belections loo
1 the Worwogians understand

Inasmuch as al
be permissible to

English, let me ask whether it would not
lish Language end

pest of these songe into the Eng
of our first class singers.

translate the

have them sung by some

I would like to hear from you on this

point «

Yours very t S
ah 2
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brkmbesieeio Reber

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Sept. 30th, 1.914.

Lebanon Chemical Company,
932 Cumberland street,
Lebanon, Pa.

Gentlemen: =

Your favor of the 28th inatent has been
received. In reply I beg to say that 4t requires quite an
elaborate and expensive Lot of machinery and apparatus to meke
synthetic carbolic acid. We only intend +o make enough for
our own Use.

As you desire it for disinfectants, why do
you use carbolic, while ecarbolic with one atom of Methylene
added to it and galled Cresol is & much more powerful aisinfect-
ant, and can be obtained in this country?

I have 40,000 pounds of pure erystalized
Ortho Gresol, imported from éermany in tin cans. T will sell
this at seven and one half cents per pound. tT flosuerly used

4¢ for making varnish, but found that the regular carbolic
tter results. For your purpose, however,

Gresol is better, and if you adopt Gresol you will be able to
get crude Gresols in the Mmited States in any quantity

I will have & sample of the Ortho Cresol

gent to you by mail. today. ae
Yours es aa . ae

Sept. 30th, 1914.

Mr. Frederick W. Starke,
ae a
Dear Sir:-

I am in receipt of your favor of the 28th
dnstant, in regard to refined phenol: Let me say in reply
that I am making carbolis acid synthetically from Benzol,at
our Silver Lake Chemical Works. The plant is in operation.
We are producing right along. . .

If you would like to call in ami gee me,
I shall be pleased to have you do 80. If you will ask for my
assistant, Mr. Meadowcroft, he will arrange for an interview.

Yours very truly,

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Oot. 1st, 1914.

Praltz & Bauer, Ince,
300 Pearl Street, ©
New York.
Gentlemen: =
I beg to acknowledge receipt of your favor
of the 26th ultimo in regard to synthetic earbolic acid, and
would say in reply that as I have constructed my plant on &
basis of manufacturing only for my own use, I shall be uneble
+o scoommodate you by letting you have any of my products.
Regretting my jnability to help you out,

I remain
Yours very truly,

Oot. 2nd, 1914.

Ye. Frank E, Hering, Man

e : agin,
the Eagle Magazine, Seneinatoant
South Bend, Indiana.

Dear Mr. Hering:

I beg to acknowledge receipt of your favor of the

29th ultimo, and would say in re
ply that perhaps I might have b

oe eck Asa beara ie my previous letter a dtabing the Oued
of yout Grders sire to obtain a directory of the various lodges

Mr. Edison has created a new epoch with his new
Diamond Disc Phonograph, by moans of which he is able to record
and reproduce music as perfect as the oxiginal. He is very_
anxious to have this heard by the public unier the most favorable
conditions, and has therefore been giving a large number of com-

plimentary music recitals ‘for clubs, ohurches, associations, etc.
ierever they are given,

These recitals are entirely gomplimentary wh
and do not cost a single cent to the recipient. Usually the
program is sufficient for & whole evening's entertainment.
Mr. Edison is sending out ten men from the Labore-
56 tMeke these reoitals, and feels sure that the members of
yarious Lodges would be highly pleased and delighted with the
Lae of any recitals 80 given for theme ‘His only object in
ng Phe pireotory mentioned was to be able to correspond with
aarg of the ‘various Lodges in regard to giving & musical
mere fax ‘theme Let. me say ‘that at such recitals our aemonstra-
hyp AOae 2ot meke any atte me word in. regard to salee
ip tesiness 18 merely to give the concert. is only comme rola.
; that Mr. Edison wants to establish the
and inoidentally to obtain some for

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a

that with this explanation you will be able

main

Trusting
i date Mr. Bison, I re

Yours very truly,

Af Hulleatowedf

Assistant to Mre Edigone

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Oot. 2nd, 1914.

Prof. Jay Le Chesnutt,
215 Harvard ‘Street, S. Ee,
Winneapolis, Min: :
My dear Sir:-

I want to thank you for the unsolicited
words of praise contained in your favor of the 28th ultimo.
Having worked hard day and night for about four years on tho
development of my aisc phonograph and records, eiming at 2
high standard, it is certainly encouraging to me to learn
that the results are appreciated by discriminating lovers of
high class music.

Yours very truly,

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Lebanon Chemical Co.
932 Cumberland Street,
Lebanon, Pa

Gent Lemen:—-

Replying to your favor of the 2nd instant
wo beg to say that the Ortho Cresol would be most suitable
for your purpose. The carbolic acid coerficient, 1-8,
the disinfecting power, of Ortho Gresol is considerably higher
than pure Carbolic Acid, and you would have to use only
about two-thirds of the Ortho Cresol in quantity 35 compared
with Carbolic.

Cresol is soluble in all the agents in which
Carbolic acia is soluble, and 4t can be Ligquified by slightly
heating it, just the same a8 Garbolic Acid.

Tre pink golor of your preparation can easily
pe obtained, when using pure Cresol, by adding a trace of an
aniline aye, 48 for instanc®, Safranine.- The shade obtained,
which is & Little too pright, can be dukled by adding @ small
amount of Coal tar oil or a Low grade Greasote (dead oil).

We are mailing you a sample which we have
prepared from our Gresol, snd which matches your product fair-
jy well. it contains 10% cresol and should be equivalent in
aisinfeoting powder to a Carbolic preparation containing 15%
or more of Carbolic Acid.

Yours very truly,

at og
Topare Qo Fae we.

Bashi:
peek.

Oot. 6th, 1914-

Miss Elizebeth Bonner,
1720 So. 58th Street,
Philadeiphia, Pa.

Dear Madaim:~
Your favor of the ard instant to Mr. Edison has

He will be very glad to have you make &

peen received.
n order to do this you will

trial record, but i have to call at
our New York Recording Roo

ated at #79 Fifth Avenue, and
Walter H. M

ms at your convenience + They are

4f you will present this

Loc
Aller, he will make &

letter to the Manager, Mre

f one of your songs ani send it over to Mr.

cylinder record oO

Eaison for his nearing.
Yours very truly,

Eaison Lab oratory

Oct. 6th, 1904.

Mr. Asa. P. Potter
1 Bast 39th Street,
New York City.

Doar Mr. Potter:

Your favor of the 2nd instant has been handed
to me by Mr. Thompson, and I have talked with Mr. Edison re~
garding the matter.

Your ‘understanding of the proposed arrangement
is substantially correct except that you will be located in
New York City and not in Orange.

Tf you will iindly call here tomorrow or Thurs-
day and se6 either me or Mr. Riley, your connection with our
concern may commence at auees

Yours very truly,

Assistant to Mr. Edj.sone

Ur, oO. Be Frayer,

Eaiuon Storage Battery Looe
2025 Michigan Ave-,
Chieago, Ills.

Dear Mr. Frayert~

I most ask you to excuse the delay in

acknowledging the receipt oF the tmmskallonge you-Ho kindly

It came to hand in good time and in splendid con~

Bent me.

aition- I enjoyed e@ting & Tibveral portion 0

to exprese to you Ww thanks for your xindness “in yromoember ing

f it, and want

me nith sucn & rine specimen of your prowess 48 & fish

Yours truly»

Oot. oth, 1314.

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Oct. Gth, 1914.

Mr. We Ae Steadman,
Bubler, -
Pas ;
Dear Sir:-
Your postal card of the 29th ultimo to the

Buehn Phonograph Company has been forwarded py them to me. I
regrat very much to learn of your disaatisfection with the Lith
aupplement. ‘I am doing my very beat to bring out such yecords
as will be ‘satisfactory to dealer and the public so far as we can
judge.

, I should be greatly obliged if you would kind-
ly favor me with the names of some of the selections which you
would consider good and new. If you will send this +o ma personal-
ay at your early convenience I shall be very glad to get $+ anf will
give the matter prompt consideration.

Yours very

A
ib

Oot. Sth, 1914.

Mr. De We Jayne,
Chemical Department,
Barrett Mfg. 00.,
Prankford, Pa.
Dear Sir:-
We consulted with our friend, Mr. P. J. Parker

of the General Chemical Company, who referred us to you thr ough

your Hew York Office.

Mr. Baison 4e desirous of obtaining a Still for
redistillation of Bensol from 90% up to 98 or,99%. He finde it —
vary asffioult to get any adequate information about such a Still,
ann finds especially that wherever he has inquired they say they
cannot deliver for two or three months.

fs you distill pensol in your works up to a high

point, Mr. Baison wonders whether you can give him any informtion
as to the obtaining of 8 Still for his own purposes here. Any

light you can through on this sub ject will be greatly appreciated,
especially if you can put Mr. Edison on track of getting such a
Still without having to wait ‘such a long time.

Yours very traly,

Assistant to Mr. Baigon.

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Oct. Sth, 1914.

Miss Elizabeth I. C. Clark,
1709 Pine Street,
Philadelphia, Pa.
Dear Miss Clark:

i beg to aclmowledge yeceipt o£ your favor of
the 20th ultimo, and would say that I have read it with 4
great deal of interest. It affords me much gratification to
learn that it was my, son-in-law who happened to come at an
opportune time to seve you and your frieni when you were in such
an awkward plight. He always impressed me as 4 fine type of

man, and I am glad that you had the good fortune to experience his

senso of right.
Thanking you for your letter, I remain

Yours very

ce cae rte me

MPR rota

ssigiis pete ie

Oot. 9th, 1914.

Mr. Kendall Banning,
44 East 23rd Street,
New Yorke

Dear Mrs Banning:

I beg to say in regard to your favor of the 1st
instant, that Mre Edison has been so exceedingly busy during the
las} week or ten days, that it has been almost dmpossible to get
a minute of his time, but I have consulted him in regard to your
desire to use a fac-simile of the"Don't Talk - Act!", and as I
told you when you were here, he does not wish to have this done.

He thinks it will be quite surficient to copy the letter from

the Iron Agee
I received your artiole, and there is considerable

It 18 impossible for me to get at this

omorrow and send it to you

change to be made in it.
today, but I shall hope to get at it t

then.
Yours very truly,

Mt’. flac data tte. cf

Assistant to Mr. Faison

Lreeee

Baltimore Bargain House,

Baltimore,
Ma.

Gentlemen: -

The Edison Storage Battery Company recently
ttle of the water such a8 is used by you

sent me a sample bo

for your Edison Storage Batteries.
made of this, which I understand 1
write to you in regard thereto.

While this is not

patteries would prob

ably fuifiil t

we guarentee put not much Longer,

them constantly.
If

patteries, 4nstead of
last two or three years. Longet
at will pay you many +4imes over

do not quibble on small things, nor do we
der to crawl out of @ guarantee,

We
use the argument of

good distilled water js used in your
the City water, we believe they will
than our aranteed period.
to use distilled water

neglect in or

as is often the case, but we know

water. There are

the market for making

ed, and it puts us in the position of

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I have had an analysis
sg the City water, and now

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distilled water, your
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Oct. 9th, 1914.

q Mr. H. 8S. Jones,
Spencer,
Towa.
Dear Sir:- |
Your favor of the 5th instant to my Company
has been handed to me, and I went to say in reply that your
suggestion about recording Juaniatea is a good one, and I shall
proceed to carry it out. We will get it into our list of
records a8 soon as possible.
Thanking you for your kind

_J remain

Yours very tx

ae yee
. Kao Cals cpp then

ero:

Oct. 9th, 1914.

Lebanon Chemical Company
932 Cumberland Street,
Lebanon, Pa.

Gentlemen: -
Replying to your favor of the 7th instant, I beg to say

that no filler was used in weparing the sample which I sent you. It

consists of nothing but slecked lime, cresol with a trace of

Safranine to color it,and a little Creosote ofl to dull the bright

alor given by the Safranine.
It order to answer your inquiry as to how many pounds

of Cresol are equal to one gallon of Carbolic Acid, we must imow

what grade of Garbolic Acid you are in the habit of using. Kindly

ample of the product you are now using and let m
Please address this

send me a 8 e know
under what specifications you are buying it.
We H. Meadowcroft at this address.

sample to ny assistant, Mr.
~ beg to say that I can supply

As to quantity of Gresol,
at tho present time up to about 40,000 pounds. Of course you will
hat this offer is made subject to prior pale, as we have

realize t
several inquiries concerning it.

Yours ve ;

Oct. 9th, 1914.

Mr. £.C. Martin

% National Electric Iight Assoc.,
29 West 39th Street,

New York.

Dear Martin:
I have received your favor of the 6th instant contain-

ing your suggestion in regard to the rehabilitation of Belgium and

the Northern part of France after the cessation of the War by means

of poured cement houses.

Your idea is a very good one, put unfortunately I am

not ready to take it up. When I took up the Dise phonograph about

three and a half years ago, I had 40 lay aside the pro jeot of the

poured house for the time peing. At that time the moulds were

about 60% completed. I have never found time to resume work on

this sub ject.

tT am so overworked at the present time, that it is simply

impossible for me to take up anyt hing peyond the sub jects I am at

present engaged upon, put I do hope at some future time to take up

the cement house proposition again and finish it.
Yours very truly,

eae
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Oct. 9th, 1914.

Mr. P. B. Shaw,
Williamsport,
Pa.

My dear Shaw:~

Meadoworoft has shown to me your letter to
him of the 8th instant in regard to obtaining 4 letter of in-
troduction for your friend to Henry Ford.

If there was any one in the World that I would
ve willing to do this for it ig you, but I shall heave to be con-
sistent and treat you 48 I have treated everybody else and ask
you to exouse me from complying with your request. It is just
this way, my relations with Mx. Ford are of a gocial as well as
of a business nature, and owing to the delicacy of these relations,
I have never yet introduced anybody to hin, and he does not give -
letters of introduction to me. You can very well imagine that I
am overwhelmed with requests of this kind, but I have treated every
one alike. I hopo you will appreciate the spirit of my action in
adopting this policy.

With kind regards, I remain
Yours very truly,

Ct
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Oot. 12, 1924.

7 rail
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you, but

My. G. W. 5. Aticins,
Vice President,
Western Union Telegraph Yo-,
‘ay York City, 2b. Y-
Dear wy. Atkins:~
I am somewhat tardy in notify ing

that I have scoonded Mr. Kin’s

take pleasure in letting you 7

nomination of yoursaif ae © -enpor of the Sseox County Country Club.

wath Kindest regards,

Yours ve Ys

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Oct. 13th, 1914.

Prof. Chas. Baskerville,
College of City of New York,
146th Street & Convent Avenue,
New York City.

My doar Sir:-

Your favor of the 10th instant and sample

of slete has been received, and I have called the’ same to

Mr. Edison's attention.. He has instructed the factory to

Dp an eed
ship to you ons hundred pounds of the kind of iments that you

vant The order has been turned over to the factory, and

they will cali you up on the telephone to ask more specific

directions for shipping.
Yours very truly,

fh et od DO
nny a oe a oo

Assistant to Mr. Edison.

Dyin a

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Oot. 13th, 1914.

Mr. A. A. Hassan,
Crimora Manganese Corporation,
15 Broad Street,
New York City.

Dear Sir:-
B In reply to your favor of the 10th
ed instant let me say that I was only after the Cobalt in

Mengenese, but now get all I want from Canada.

Yours very truly,

: wy

Oct.33th,1934,

‘Lebanon Chemica) Company >
#932 Cumberland Street,
Lebanon, Pa.

Gent? emen:

Your favor of the 12th inetant has been rveceived,,

together with your sample of carbosic acid, 97%, which you have

been accustomte use,

We veg to anfoxnn you that from 5 to 5} Ths, of our
ortho crese} ate equivaient. in bactericidal affects to one galton
of thie carbolic acid.

When you prepare your product with our creso} » you had

; *.
vest fuse the same by application of gentile heat, sashes the

A
Jiquid@ thus obtain®by adding a emal] amount of a red aniline dys,
for instance, gafranine base, obtainabdje from the Heller & Mera
Company, Newark, New Jersey. Next you add a emai} amount of a dark
cotored eresate o13 to dulj the pright color imparted by the
aniline dye, and then proceed as usual. .

Should you desire to operate with exactly the same
volumina as you useiwith carbolic acid, you can pring up the volume
of the creso? vy adding elthsr water or, preferably, &

nydrocarbon oil of suitable density. This, newever, we think is

not necessarye

Lebanon Chemica) Company. “2+ Oct, 13th,1974,

If you desire any further information on the

matter, we shal] be giad\to furnisn it.

Yours very truly,

WHelwadon ef ,

ASSISTANT TO MR.EDISON.

Oct.13th,

Mir, Wilidem H. Schee),
#159 Maiden Lane,
ew York City.

Dear Sir: :
Wi) you kindy reply ta the following at your

earbiest convenience:

Jat - Can a regular supply of sandarac ve obtained,

that can be yelied upon?

and ~ Does the price fluctuate much?

ard - Is the quali ty even or ir it greatly variable?

You have one ton and half in stock; could you
5

if not, now Jonz wou

4th -

procure an additional supply at once;

and how much could you obtain.

4% take,
f the supp)y ig incon

Y hesitate to use qo 4h ptant

e subject to great fluctuation.

Yours very truly,

7K. a Bee A
Poppa ee Tome ete

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pened
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Oot. 13th, 1914.

Messra. Blake and Burkart,
¥Yalnut at Eleventh Street,
Philadciphia, Pa.

Sent Lomn:-

Replying to your favor of the 7th instant in
regard to Grand Opera records, let me say that I have had recorded
nearly every good Grand Opera record by the principal Opera
artists in every city in Europe, put I have throm them out. There
is soarcely one in a juundred of thase singers that have passebie
voicas. {fhe public infer that their reputation is due to their
voices, whereas it is almost entixely due to their acting, the
yoice being secondary and very wanatural. Tneso voices are
specially trained to give great volume in order to fi11 the la.rge
auditoriums, but when heard on the Goncert stage without sconery
or other stage surroundings and environment, these voices are
generally absurd and ridiculous, as they are also on the phonograph.

I shall put on all that do not produce

ridiculous results.

PAN

Oct. 16, 1914.

Proferaor Luigh tomano,
Laboratory.

Dear Ulisse

irs Edison end our family all wieh to join with

me in expressing thanks tor the very handsome aonfection which you

se kindly prasented to ub & Yen days “ete Te have all enjoyea it

in eatly-

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Oct. 19th, 1914.

Mr. Le EB. Proudfoot,
— Singer Building,
New York city.
My dear Mr. Proudfoot:

: Enclosed I beg to hand you an xpplication
to Mx. Edison for assistance on pehalf of the New Jeresey
Children's Home Society. He would like to have a v¢ port
from you about this Society.

Yours very truly,
t ets + gel eS PS

L
Assistant to Mr. Bataan.

AOL

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Oct. 19th, 1914

Mr. J.» C. Rieger,
Broadway ‘and Baxter Ave.,
Louisville, Ky. :
Dear Sir:-

I am in receipt of your favur of the 6th instant,
the contents of which have ‘seen read with a great deal of interest.

Tet me say iin reply that 90% of the bad blasty .
notes that you refer to are aue to trouble with the singers’ vocal
chords. We formerly thought that the trouble was aue to the
phonograph 4tself, but we found on close examination thet it was
not. Thorough investigation proved that we aia not get it in
dnetrumental music, but found it only in aingers' voices.

Yours very truiy,

Ce as
Das

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Oute 19th, 192<

Mr. Willian Ee Scheel,
159 Maiden Lane,

New York.

Dear Sir:e

J must ask you to kindly excuse the deley in getting

off a confirmatory letter in regard to the small order I sent you

over the telephone on Priday of last week. Mr. Edison went away
for a week or ten days yesterday, and there was ao much to do in
preparation for his going that I was unable to get the letter off
to youe

. I now beg to confirm the teJephone order given you
for 5 pounds each of Gum Acoroides, Gum Fater, Indian Gum, Kadaya
Gum and Rubber Pitch.

confirming also what I said over the telephone, let

me now say that if our experiments with the Gun Sandarac turn out
as well as they promise, Mr. Baison will not shop around, put will

get you to take care of his reaxirements 80 far as he can see at the

present time.

i Yours very truly,
aise

ie ee
i Assistant to Mr. Ediaon.

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Oct. 20th, 1914.
PERSONAL.

Mr. Roger ¥. Babson, Pres.
Babson'’s Statistical Organization,
Wellesley Hills, Mass.

Dear Mr. Babson:

. Mr. Edison received your favor of the 16th instant,
and read it with @ great deal of interest. He has gone away
for an automobile trip, and will not return for a week or ten
days. Before leaving, he asked me to write and say to you
that ba idea you suggest is a very good one, but at the present
time we have not enough phonographs in the hands of the public
to warrant the expense that would be involved in carrying out
your idea.

, Yours very traly,

Assistant to Mr. Edison.

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Oct. 20th, 1914.

si
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Prof. J. Re Mines
70 MeGill University,
Montreal, Canada.

Fue SRE

sen henaceast

omer

Dear Sir:e

Your favor of the 7th instant to Mr. Edison
was received and perused with much interest. He requests us
to say to you in reply that we shall be interested in the
subject you mention sooner or later, but just now the disturb-
ance of business conditions owing to the War has upset everything
so much that our educational work is being held back for the
time being.

Yours very truly,

Edison Laboratory-

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Oot. 21st, 1914

Bayway Chemical Company,
Bayway,
Blizabeth, Ne Je

Gentlemen:~
Replying to your favor of the 15th instant ,

Mr, Edison requests me to say that he does not think we can use

the Cresols.+ {The Condensite Company are experimenting with

them, and they do not, have the problems to contend with that Mre

Edison hes» You might write theme They are at Glen Ridge.

Mr. Bdison wants Benzol, of course, and is

about putting in a still to refine it to 99% Can you continue

to furnish him with Benzol? ;
Yours truly,

MY beasoucnf
Ys Exterior

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241

Octe Blet, 1914

BF. Bredt & Company,
240 Water Street,
New York City.

Gentlemen:
I use about twenty five pounds of Paraphenylens-

diamine per day, ani have enough on hand to last me until

Jamary next. Then I shall have to buy {t or make it from

Myrbane, or Aniline Olle

Now, what can you do for me?
jenediamine (Commercial)? If not,
of Myrbane or Aniline Qi1 made

Can you provide

a continual aupply of Parapheny
gan you quote me on & regular supply
from pure Benzol with but a small amount of Toluodine contained

therein?

Awaiting your early reply, I remain

Yours very truly,

Lee 2 oe, 2 :

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a i Oot. Rist, 1914

Mr. Eugene H. Briggs,
12 Francis Avenue,

Greenwood, Mass.

Dear Sirse
Are you still open to the considere-
Edison's

al would

tion of a proposition for introducing ons of Mr.
new invent ions? Only ® moderate amount of capit

be necessarye

Yours very truly,
Ut lea Broearcea$ S
Assistant to Mr. Hadi sore

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Oot, 2lst, 1914

Compagnie Parisienne de Couleurs d'Aniline,
9 Rue du Faubourge Poissoniere,
Paris, France,

Gentlemen :~
wenty five pounds of

We use about t
ommercial) each dey, and have ale
st until about January let, 1915.

ish me with 300 to 400 Kilos

Paraphenylenediamine, (Cc

ready on hand @ supply to la

Can you fur

per month? If s0, please quote a price for sam f£.0«b.

y at a French or English port.
Yours very truly,

Steame

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AVttOM teed LL Cebadere

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Mr. Frank H. Coyne,

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Oct. 21st, 1914

Ser rae ert Ne ee

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69 State Street,
Boston, Mass.

Dear Sir:-
Are you still open to the considera-

tion of a proposition for introducing one of Mi. Baison's

E new inventions? - Only a moderate amount of capitvl would

be necessary -

Yours very truly,

Assistant to Mr. Edison.

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Oot. 2lat, 1914.

| |
d Mx, Andrew J. Farrell,
d 920 ‘Penn Street,
4 Hollidayaburg, Pee
| 7 Dear Sir:~
j Are you still open to the cons idera-
4 tion of a proposition for introducing one of Mr. Edison's
£ capital would

new inventions? Only 4 moderate amount oO

a
‘ be necessary.
Yours very truly,
é -

Assistant to Mr. Bdisane

248

Oct. 2ist, 1914.

De. 0. Haynes & Coe,
3 Park Place,
New York,

Gentlemen; ~-
Will you please enter ny subscrip-

tion for one yoar for "Weekly Drve Market", and send the

he Laboratory?
Yours very truly,

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Qoct. 21st, 1914

A. Harvey's Sons Mfg, Co, Ltd.,
‘Detroit, "
Michigan,
Gentlemen: -

Your favor of the léth instant came
duly to hand, and I have also received since the "Wrench
with a Backbone”, which you have sent me with your con-
pliments. Please accept my thanks for your courtesy.

Yours very truly,

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Mr. Edison left after this letter was dictated.

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Messrs. Harger & Blish,
811 Walnut Street,
Des Moines, Iowa.
Gent leren:-

Your favor of the 13th instant to Mr. Walter
Miller was forwarded by him to Mr. Edison, who has instrueted us
to savethe music you sent and let him hear it on his return. He
has gone away for a week or ten days on an automobile trip, ‘ane
we expect him back in the early part of next weeke

In regard to the selections that you mention,
et me say that we have made "My Croony Melody", also "I want to
go back to Michigan" by Band and also Vocal. Mr. Edieen wil
pass on these upon his return.

Yours very truly,

Assistant to Mr. Edison.

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Oct. 2lst, 1914

Menufactur Lyonnsise dae Matierss Colorantes,
6 Quai Brotteaux,
Iyon, France.

Gentlemen: -

We use about twenty five pounds of
Paraphenylenediamine, (Commercial) each day, and have 8l-
ready on hand a supply to lest until about Jamery lst,
1915.

) Can you furnish me with 300 to 400

Kilos per month? If 80, please quote a price for same f.0.b.

Steamer at a French or English port.
Yours very truly,

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Oot. 2ist, 1914.

Mr. W. Irving Morse,
South Woodstock,
Conn.

Dear Sir:-
Are you still open +o the considera-

tion of a proposition for introducing one of Mr. Edison's

new inventions? Only & moderate amount of capital would

be necessary
Yours very truly,

Assistant to lir. Edisove

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Oct. 2ist, 1914

Mr. Fe Ae Rumpf,
Stamford,
Conne

Dear Sir:-
Are you still oepn to the cons idera~

tion of ® proposition for introducing one of Mr. Edison's

new inventions? Only 8 moderate eanount of capital would

pe necessary.
Yours very truly,

Assistant to Mr. Edison.

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2617 Broadway, :

Toledo, Ohio.

q Dear Madam:-

Your favor of the 14th instant to Hr.
q Edison has been received, and he requests us to say that he

WiLL look into the matter of recording "Are You Going to

Dance", and will probably put it on the list a little later.
Just now we have a tremendous lot of music recorded, sian
4 to £411 up our lists for several months, so it may be gome
little time before we put out the record above mentioned.
Mr. Edison desires us to express his gratifi-
cation on learning that you enjoy your machine and revords so

much.

Yours very truly,

Edison Laboratory.

Oct. 2lst, 1914.

Societe Anonyme des Matieres Colorantes
et Produits Chimiques de St. Denis,
105 Rue lafayette,
Paris, France.

Gent lemen: ~

We use about twenty five pounds of
Paraphenylenediamine, (Commercial) each dey, and have al-

ready on hand a supply to last until about January lst,
1915.

Can you furnish me with 300 to 400

Kilos per month? If so, please quote a price for same f.0.be

Steamer at a French or English port.

Yours very truly,
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Mr. Ernest Newton Bage,
P30. Box 817,
Springfield, Mass.
Dear Sir:
Your letter to Mr. Edison was received, but
: after his departure for the West, where he has gone to spend a
few days. Therefore you will see that it was not in time
to give an answer to the question that you ask in regard to the
favorite tunes of Mr. Edison.
Let me say that Mr. William Kennedy Laurie

Dickaon is just now in this country, and is stopping at the
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Assistant to Mr. Edison. |

My, Janes Gayley,
555, Paris Ave. ,
Rew York City, N.Y.

Dear Sir:-

My. Edison hae been so exteauely busy of late that
his eorrespondense haa ‘lacked prompt attention. He has gone. anay
for a short time, but before leaving asked me to inform you that cue
method -of securing ammonia you refer to sonsists of passing Hyarogen
and Nitrogen over finely divided irom.at a rod hoat. his method
is used by the Badische So, Lud igshafen, Germany «

; Caceacvady truly,

WH, Menden rec FG

Assistant to Mr. Sdison,

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Oct. 23rd, 1914.

is den fore wesley tS
New York. :
Dear Sir;s-

Your favor of the 19th instant to Mr. Edison
has been received, together with page proof of an article by
Mr. Leon Goldmerstein.

Ure Edison is away, and will not return until
sometime next weeke In the.meantime, let me say for your in-
formation that Mr. Baison hes been asked many times for his views
on natters concerning the War, but has uniformly declined to
give any publicity to his views on that subject. As it would
be impossible to make any remarks or give an interview in regard
to the subject of Mr. Goldmerstein's article without touching on
the War, I am very sure that Mr. Edison would ask to be excused.

{ therefore return the page proof to you here-
with.
' Yours very truly,

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Assistant to Mr. Edison.

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Oct. 27th, 1914.

Mise Mary Adele Case,
110 East 3lst Street,
New York city.

My dear Miss Case:

I am afraid you will think that I am entire-
ly without manners to leave & tady's Letter so long unanswered.
The fact is, i have been up to the ears in work for the last
few weeks and I am only just beginning to see the bottom of my
desk.

Mr, Edison pas not heard any singers for some
1ittlo time past, and is now away in Detroit. I expect him
hack in a few days, ana when he returns and nas aisposed of pis
acoumalated work, I will call attention to your matter and see
4f we cannot make another appointment for yous

With kind regards, I remain

Yours very truly,

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Oct. 27th, 1914.

ee aaa
Gentlemen:

Your ciroular letter in regard to the two books
by Mre Frederick He Wagner has come in Mr. Edison's mail this
moming. He is away in Detroit at the present time, but will
return in a few days.

tr think he would probably like to see the book
entitled "Coal Gas Residuals", and would suggest that you mail a
sopy of it to me 80 that I can lay it before him for his examination
when he returns.

Of course, I cannot say for sure whether or not

he will teke it, but if he does not want it I will retum it to

you promptly after he has seen it.

Yours very truly,

Assistant to Mr. Edison.

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Oct. 27th, 1914.

Rosenstein Piano Company,
406 North Howard Street,
Baltimore, Ma.

Gentlemen: -

. Your circular letter of the 24th instant
sony of which you have sent to Mr. Edison, has been receive
this morning, and we Imow that he will read it with a great
deal of interest when he returns from Detroit, where he is spend-
ing a few days.

X see that you are following up Mr. Edison's
favorite idea, that is of giving recitals. He is a great
believer in this way of doing business, and it has been pring-
ing good results to our dealers wherever it has been tried. Just
now we have a large force of men in New York who are doing nothing
put giving these recitals at various places.

In Mr. Edison's absence I am going to enclose
you & letter which we have received from the Brant Baptist
Boys! Brigade, asking us to jaake a donation for their basaox.

We have such applications by the thousands, and of course we
cannot make donations of this kind, 48 it would bankrupt us.

The reason I am writing to you is to send
you the letter and see if you want to arrange tomke a recital
at this Bazaar. Possibly you may think it worth while to do
go if you oan get the proper facilities, such as 4& quiet room,
ato. I forward this letter to you leaving it entirely to

i your judgment as to whether you think. it would do you sufficient
good to take the matter up. The suggestion is for your
possible benefit.

Yours very truly,

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932 Cumberlend Street,
Lebanon, Pa.

Gentlemen:

SRA eS Toe

Referring to your favor of the 27th

instant, we beg to say that your previous letter ordering

50 pounds of Ortho Cresol to be shipped to you was received
in due course, and the material was sent out by express the
same day. Immediately on receipt of your favor of the 27th

instant, we started a tracer after it, and have been hoping to

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be able to give you some result of this tracer, but so far we

have heard nothing, however, the matter is being followed up.

pment

We trust that you will have received the
shipment before this reaches you.

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Edison Laboratory. |
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Oct. 30th, 1914.

Mr. Horbert L. Satterlee,
ew Yorke
Dear Mr. Satterlee:

I beg to acknowledge receipt of your favor of
the 28th instant, and would say in reply that I shall be more
than pleased to be of assistance to you in connection with get-
ting the story of Mr. Morgan's friendship with Mr. Edison in the
old days. As you are probably aware, Mr. Edison ‘4s away from the
Laboratory, but I expect he will return in the early part of next
week. As soon as he has had an opportunity of clearing up a
lot of work that has accumulated during his absence, I shall take
the matter up with him and write you further in regard to an
appointment.

I think there will be no objection at all to
your bringing Miss Boynton with you, as she then can take notes
of the conversation that you have with Mr. Edison. However, I
will write you about the whole matter later on.

Sincerely yours,

Assistant to Mr. Edison.

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November 2, 1914.

Dear Nrs. Oeser:
Wnclosed find draft on Berlin for $600.04,

covering August, September and October remittances,

J have been waiting until I heard from

you to be sure of. your correct address.

3 Your father igs on a tris to Mr. Ford at
Detroit, and he has visited his boyhood home at Port
Huron. Michigan too. He is motoring there and back,

we expect him in a day or sc, He te wall.

I trust this will find you well and that.
the war will soon end abd bring your husband cack to you

safely.

Youra sincerely.

ff Pt Age
wide The.
Mrs. Warion E. Oeser.
Postlagernd.
Neuenburg. Baden.
Germany.

Nove 3rd, 1914.

3 Miss Joan McDonald,

4% Mre. Samuel Kilson,
25 West 67%th Street,
New York City.

Dear Madam;-
Your favor of the 3let ultimo to Mr. Edison
has been received. If you wish to make a trial reoord of
q one of your songs, we would suggest thet you present this note
to Mr. Walter H. Miller at our Recording Rooms, #79 Fifth
3 | Avenue, New York City. He will make a trial record of 6
q gong and send it over to Mr. Edison for his hearing
a Yours very truly,
Assistant to Mr. Edis on.

30.3

Nov. 4th, 1914.

Mrs. Mary B. Ehrmann,
Hotel Sinton,
Cincinnati, Ohio.
Dear Madam: -

Replying to your favor of the 28th
ultimo, I would say that your bools of songs for children
were sent to me by Mrs. Iisen sometime ago. I have looked
them over, rather hastily I must admit, but have not yet been
able to come to any conclusion about putting any of these songs
on the Diamond Disc record.

This year has been an exceedingly busy

one for me, and my time and attention have been given to a

number of important matters day and night throughout the year.

Our factory and Recording Department are also busy up to the :
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limit in putting out records of standard music. You will please i

bear in mind that my Disc Phonograph is a comparatively new

production, and we are obliged to first get out a large catalog

of standard musical selections, after which we shall be able

to take up specialties.
. So far as our business is concerned, your

songs come under the latter head, and I shall hope to look into

the matter more closely when we have our standard catalog to the

proper dimension.

Yours very truly, 2 si, Sense
iors @. felon ,
RUS

398

Nov. 4th, 1914.

Mrs. Isa M. Ilsen,
. Hotel ‘Seymour,

44 West 45th Street,

New York City.

Dear Madam:- |

I em informed that you have called while
I was away to see mo about the possible continuation of your
demonstration work. During my absence I have given the whole
matter a great deal of thought and have finally decided to con-
solidate all our demonstration work under one department. This
department has been already established and Mr. J. J. Riley has
been made its Manager, as you are aware. Mre Riley has been
given full charge of tris department, including the engagement
of demonstZators, and I would suggest therefore that you call on
hin next Monday at 10 Fifth Avenue in regard to making suitable
arrangements to continue in the work. I do not see that an
interview with me would avail anything, as I am so busy that I
have been obliged to leave all details to Mr. Riley.

I would suggest that you see Mr. Treton
this week end close the arrangements under which you have been

working in the past. ; )
Yours a truly,

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Gentlemen ;~ ey

Referring to the telephone conversation
of today between you and Mr. Meadowcroft, I beg to say you
may enter our order for one ton of paraphenylenediamine, at
sixty cents per pound, provided it is of the same quality as
sample submitted some six or eight months ago, and provided
that it can bo delivered in the United States of America with-

in two months from this date. —

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Nov. 6th, 1914.

hiv. John Wanamaker,
Jenkintovni,
Pa.

My dear Mr. Wanamaker;

I received your kind invitation by telegraph while
EI was in Detroit. On my way home I started for Jenkintown,
but got badly lost and hed to make for my home as night was com-
Ans Ome If the latch string still hangs out, I will gladly try
it aein at the first opportunity.

Yo was glad to see that Mr. Ford has a fine picture of
you {abcut three feet square) hung up in his vrivate office.

On my return, I find in my home a very handsome hank
from you with your card of congratulations and regards on the
yocent anniversary of the incandescont lamp. Allow me to express
my thanks to you for your beautiful present and especially for the
kindly sentiment which prompted it.

With kindest regards, I remain __--—-~—-—~..

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Sincerety yours,
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Nov. 6th, 1914.

Mre Henry C. Demming,
15 North Third Street,
Harrisburg, Pa.
Dear ir. Demming: .

Allow mo to acknowledge receipt of your
favor of the 4th instant and to thank you for your kind con-
sratulations and good wishes. Tam glad to say that I
Gerived a great deal of enjoyment from my recont automobile
trip to Detroit, and am feeling first rate.

Trusting that you are enjoying life, and

with kind regards, I remain cane ee
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Nov. 6th, 1914.

ir, Re LM. Geddes,
. 4 Richardson's,
23 Shudehill,

Manchester, England.
Dear Sir:-

Your favor of the 12th ultimo, and the
Blue Book issuod by His Majesty's Government camo whilo fT
was away on an automobile trip, but having now returned to

the Laboratory I beg to acknowledge receipt of same and thank

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you for your kind attention.

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Nov. 6th, 1914.

Rellor & Verz,

22 O1irf St.,

Now York City, nh. Y.
Gentlamon: =

nok Please forword to my Laboratory at your ecarlest |

aonvenionce, samples of all the nigrosine and indulin dyes you

ante: i have in stock. And oblige,

seit! Yours very trely “
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Dr. Novil Monroe Hopkins,
2188 Bancroft Place,
Washington, D. C-

Dear Dr. Hopkins:
On my return to the Labo
I find your favors of the 24th and

ratory efter an auto~

mobile trip to Detroit,

nould prefer not to have

sath ultimo, and would say that i 4
ur Committee. Xt am bus
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my name {noluded in yo y from sixteen

to twenty hours @& day, and am quit
as the additional work which

of matters of a publics nature,

such publicity makes for mé is somewhat of a burden when it

43 added to ny present duties» = ae,

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Nov. 6th, 1914.

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New York City.

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My dear Mr. Venderbilt:

I have been much interested to learn that

mee STENTS

How

you recently bought one of my new dise phonographs.

do you like it?

Why don't you motor over to the Laboratory

You might tele-

I shall be very glad to see you.

some day.

phone in advance to my agssistent, Mr. Meadowcroft, to make

sure of my boing here.

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cua
New York.
Gentlemen: ~

Referring once more to our correspondence
with your Mr. Westlake, we peg to say that Mr. Edison on his
return from Detroit hes requested us to write and say that
Phenol is 45 cents per pound as against 7-1/2 cents for the
Ortho. Cresol which he is offering. He wishes us to sey
further that Cresol 4s Phenol with the addition of one atom
of Methyl.

, Yours very truly,
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Assistant to Mr. Edison.

476

Nov. 9th, 1914.

Paltz & Bauer,
300 Pearl Street,
New York.

Gentlemen:

Your favor of the 6th instant has been receive

» was here the other day we forgot

ed. When your Mr. PLalt
ptain Hydroquinone.

to ask him whether you are in position to ot

Ye use two or three hundred pounds a month. Will you kindly

ascertain whether your consignor can maize shipment ot this

material, and if 30 at whet price it can be furnished -

Yours very truly,

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Assistant to Ky. Edison.

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Mys. B. Cuman Ray
3 Chopin Place, :
Eartford, Conn.

Dear Madam:-

Your favor of the 3rd instant to the
Raison Phonograph Toy ifg. Company has beon formarded ts whe
Laboratory. We regret to be compelled to inform you chat
4t will be impossibdlo for you to have the talking dolar
restored to thoir former usefulness. It is tense OhSSs oa
were made here, but they were mamfactured on cores of hs
Edison Phonograph Toy Lifg. Co.cany, which went ows of ex he
onoe some years &G0- All the tools and parts nave lon, since
been dismantled or dostroyes, and we do not mney: of any Nay
by which you could have the dele restored to wovlang oo dition.
Your: voy vealy,

Lanoratory.

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Nov. 10th, 1914.

iy, [Tdward Bromberg,
138 West 91st Stroet,
New York City, N. Y¥.
Dear Mr. Brombers;

I find that ib will be sometime before lir.
Edison will be eble to hear singers personally, 50 I think
it woulibe well for you to go down to our Recording Officc,
at 479 Fifth Avenue and make another trial record, which wiil
be gent over to Hr. Edison for his hearing.

I woud suggest to you that you sing for this
record the Evening Star from Tannhauser if it is in your
repertoire. This would enable Mr. Edison to compare it with
one of our stanlara records.

Yours very truly,

vf ot
US) Manion. a.

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asstatant to Mr. Efison.

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Woy. 20th, 1914.

Mr. V. Ee Miller,
#79 Fifth Avenue,
New York City.

Dear Mr. Miller:
Mr. Edward Bromberg, who 18 a friend of

some friends of ours, went down to your place sometime ago

and made a record, but it was not sont over here.

AS this is a matter in which we are

desirous to please our friondg wo have asked Mr. Bromberg to

come down again and make another record. WiLL you please

have this one sont over to Mr. Edison so that he can hear it?

Yours vory truly,

Weenie Noe

Se SEE,

Nov. 9th, 1914.

Mr. 8. G. Bayne, President,
The Seaboard National Bank,
16 Broadway, New York City.

Dear Mr. Bayne:

Your favor of the 21st ultimo was received

at wy office while I was away on av automobile trip to

Detroit. I have returned, and now bog to answor your in-
wiry in regard to the coffee which I use, and would say that
it is the Keffee-Heag, which has been advertised a good deal
in the periodicals and also in the street and other cars.
Yours very truly, —

wy Ct “Lal EATEN recom

Nov. llth, 1914.

Mr. W. H. Gartley,

Engineer of Works,

The United Gas Improvement Co.,
Broad and Arch Streets,
Philadelphia, Pa.

My dear Mr. Gartley:

Your favor of the 9th instant to Mr. Hutchison
has been handed by him to me.
The Benzol matter is one of some importance to
mo and I would run over to Philadelphia to see you, but just
now em working day and night on some problems which demand my
personal attention. Beside, I am expecting any moment to be
called away for a tew hours to appear as & witness in a law suit.
Could you not spare the time to come over here and
seo me, go that you and I can disouss this whole matter? Let
me suggest that you first telephone my assistant, Mr. Meadowcroft,
to make suxo I shall be here. If you will let him mow what
troin you are coming on Wwe will have an auto meet you at Newark

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and bring you out here.

one engage arent FMP

Nov. 10th, 1914.

Hon. Robert H. Gittins,
Niegara Falls,
New York.

My dear Sir:

ed at the Leboratory during my absence in Detroit, where I

went on an automobile trip. On my return, there was & mass
of accumulated matters awaiting my attention hence the delay
in tho acknowledgment of your letter. '

I must confess to no small degree of

embarrassment ‘in seeking to express my feelings in regard to
the great compliment which has’ been paid to me by the Joint
Resolution of the Senate ana House of Representatives, and the
honor therein proposed to be conferred on me. If the result
to contribute anything toward the welfare

of my work has been
of our race and coyntry, I am more than gratified, as my ‘Labors
in the years past have been undertaken with that one object

ta view. The seeking or expectation of honorg has never been
an iy thoughts, consequently, the one now proposed by yourself
and colleagues has come upon me in tho nature of a surprise,

acd all I can do ts to express my thanks and grateful apprecia—

HUG%e

Your favor of the 16th ultimo was receiv- |
‘ |

Allow me &1so0 to oxpress my sincere thanks
to you Sor your many good wi shese XY can only hope, in view
of tase expressions of esteam and honor, that I may continue
to wear the sane sise of hat to which I have pee omed.

Yours very truly,

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Nov. llth, 1914.

li. BE. Li. Herr, President,

Westinghouse Electric & Menufacturing Co-,
Bast Pittsburgh, Pa.
My dear Mr. Herr:-

I am attaching a true copy of a ocire-
oular letter which has peen sent out »b
considerable number. ey eee es

2 The manner in which a forty-five ampere
Bdison Storage Battery is compared with a twenty-two ampere
Lead Battery, even if the cost per hour to charge the Edison
Battery were correct, causes the Edison Battery to appear to
very great disadvantage and with resultant damage, the infer-
ence being that an Edison Battery requires twice as much energy
+o oharge it, for a given capacity, a8 the Lead.

I am under the impression that this
letter was sent out without your Imowledge or consent, and feel
sure that on my calling your attention to the matter you will
cause another ‘Letter to be sent to each recipient of the letter
roforred to, ghowing the error ana correcting the data.

You will, no doubt, remember that this
4s the second Sime literature aerogatory %o the Edison Storage
Rottery has been gent out by your Gompany, and that you were
Jind enough to correct the former error.

Thanking you in anticipation of your

ovely action in this matter, 1 remain ae /

Yours very truly ’

ee:
rare go
oe ‘ -
Pa ! f A
’ ce ae i we te we
° ’

Nov. 10th, 1914.

Mr. Edeund V. Parr,

% Bruns, Kimball & Co., Inc.,
115 Liberty Street, ,
New York City.

Dear Sir:-

‘Your favor of the 3rd instant to my Company
was handed to me, and I am much gratified to learn that you
are so much pleased with your Diamond Diso phonograph. It is
@ source of much pleasure to me to learn from our customers
that the results of some years of hard work on my part are meot-
ing with the approbation of lovers of good music.

Now in regard to your complaint about several
of the records, let me say that your dealer ought to be able
to supply you with Rubinstein's Melody in F, also with the Last
Rose of Summer. If he. has not got them in stook, let him
write a Letter to the factory or to his jobber and order them
to be specially sent. As to Cavalleria Rusticanna, I would
say that this record is being manufactured now, and will be
out before oe great while. I was not satisfied with the original
records and there has been some delay in getting it out. The
game remarks apply to the selection from the Tales of Hoffman.
We are pushing these forward as fast as is practicable, and I
hope they wiil be ready for our customers before very long.

I see you realize some of the Gifficulties of
getting out a large catalog of standard selections. . We are
filling up on this line as fast as possible, and are adding
several munbers each week. We have recorded the patriotic
selections and also some Christmas music, and these also you
will be able to get in a short time. — eee

Yours very

be Cota)

mn ot

BOT

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Exes)

Hak.

D48

9th, 1914.

Mr. He A. Rnasell,

% General: Electric Co.,

Rialto Building; :
San Francisco, bal.

Dear Mr. Russell;

On my return to the Laboratory after an
absenoe of a little over two weeks I find your favor of the ©
2end ultimo. When I read it and Circular Letter XXIII and
nse of regret that T wasn't with you.
and I am glad of it.

the verses, I feel a se
Evidently you had a fine + ime together,
You are freey forgiven on account of the

telegram which you framed up a8 coming from me. I don't

think I could have done better myself.
het me thenk you for all the kindly senti-

ments of yourseif and your associates. I appreciate it all

very greatly-

ener ne A ATR AE OS

Nov. 13th, 1914.

Mr. W. H. Gartley,

% The United Gas Improvement Co-,
Broad & Arch Streets,

Phila., Pa.

Dear Mr. Gartley:

I am in receipt of your favor of the 12th
instant, and beg to say that so far as I Imow I shall be here
all day on Monday of next week, and shall pe very glad indecd
to see you and also Mr. Thomps L think
4¢ would be a good thing for + as wo could
then discuss the whole problem, and it 1s one of some import-
ance to me, and may result in some good pusiness for you.

The only uncertainty there ip about my being
here is on account of the lawsuit in which I am to appear aS &
witness. The. Legal Department tells me that it is not vory
probable that I shall be called upon on Monday, but Mr. Me adowe
oroft has had a telephone cowrersation with Mr. Thompson this
morning, during whioh it was arranged that he would call up
Mr. Meadoworoft about. 9:30 on Monday morning, at which time I
think we can tell for certain. I sincerely hope that nothing
WLLL happen to prevent our having an early meeting, as I am
avite anxious to take up the matter with you and your associates.

Yours very truly,
Veoinag Q. Cterer.

990-4,
epied

Seat eee cen ee pn etn NEN ILE TNL AEB EIDE

Nov. 13th, 1914.

Mr. Wm. H. Payntey
New York Manager of Demonstrators,
New York City.
Dear Sir:-

Mr. Riley handed me your letter to him of
yesterday's date, in regard to the subject of carting by
Nr. Chas. Klenke, who agreed to do all the trucking in the
aecond, third and fourth districts of New York for $30.00 per
weeks
. As I telephoned you yosterday, Mr. Edison
says all right to this, put under no circumstances does he wish
+o use any signs in connection with @ truck that is doing the
oarting of our machines. You will please see therefore that
‘no sign is used.

I return the letter to you, and you can hand

it to Mr. Riley when you seo him again.

Yours very truly,

WPL Maco wer bl,

Assistant to Mr. Edison.

566

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Nov. 12th, 1914.

Mr. Jacob H. Schiff,
William and Pine Streets,
New York City.

My dear Hr. Schiff:
Replying to your favor of the 10th instant let me

en the newspaper arti
that the Germans took

say that I have not se ele you refer to, but

and it was this:

J remember what I said
nee of their nation in commercial

all the credit for the great adva
the fact is that the m
gs enough to take the advice 0
and gave the captains of in-

Llitary group that

prosperity, whereas,
# the groat

yules Germany had brain
Jewish bankers and business men,

e hand, thus euabling them to puila up the enormous

dustry @ fre
jndustry of modern Germeny +
and gaia t

I instanced the Blechroders, Ballin,

hat if one vent down to the pottom

Rathenan and Loewe,
n the great and most succes

gful. industries, one woulda

of things i

dig up a Jew who furnished the ability that made them a success.

yours very truly, v

<_ohws eee

;
|

i)
i

TTS FEES Lg eee

‘gard to coating the records with a thin coating of pure Glycerine.

a'r

Lo Nov. 16th, 1914.
Mr. LL. K. Berry,

551 Woodland Avenue, Netherwood,
Plainfield, N. J.
Dear Sir:-
Your favor of the 6th instant to our Company was handed

to Mr. Edison particularly with reference to your question in re-

He wishes us to say in reply to this question that oil or glycerine
does no good to the records. On the contrary, it mekes them gather
dirt and dust which would add to any surface sounds. Mr. Edison
requests us to sey that he is constantly at work on these surface
sounds, and he will never quit until he is rid of them altogether.

Jn regard to the selection you mention, would say that
"Phe Little Gray Home in the West" has been recorded and will soon
be put out. Mr. Edison will look into the other selections that you

mention with a view of recording them if it has not already been done.
Yours very truly,
Edison Laboratory.

tLe nibh Tae bended BA Ct

Blake & Burkart,

Walnut & Eleventh Streets,

Philadelphia, Pae.

Gentlemen: -

% am in receipt of your favo

jn regard to Mr. Riley,

he has made such & good impression on
een at work with his men in

yoeks that he has b
e that good yesults will result from

ing recitals, I feel sanguin
his campaign in Philadelphia.

I am glad :
port, and thank you for

hearty sup

I am trying to do e

and am very glad indeed to
During the, few

your prompt recognition 0

Nov. 16th, 1914.

r of the 13th instant

jearn thet

New York City giv-

you feel this matter 1s worthy of your

£ what

Yours ph ne
a oh, |
a

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Nov. 14th, 1914.
King Dot ae ; hla abs ,
iy dear lir. King:

Your interesting favor of the oth instant brings
pack to my mind a host of recollections of our boyhood days, now
so far in the past. I have beon through so meny yariod exper-
4dences during the last fifty years that the days of my poyhood
soem to belong to a far distant period, although I am glad to say
that my memory still holds good as to the many interesting episodes
of my carlier years.

Let me thank you for your letter andi also for all
the good wishes that you express in my pehalf. T am glad to hear
from you, and also to learn that you have prospered in the world
and that you are eble to onjoy your Life.

With kind regards, Iovremain | ...---~

Yours very truly, Lat

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Nov. 16th, 1914.

Mr. William #. Soheel.
a 169 Maiden Lane,
a New York City, N. Y.
Dear Sir: -
Afew weeks ago you sent me sample 5
pound package of
Gum Acoroides
" Ester
" Indian
" Kadaya
Rubber Pitoh
W411 you kindly favor me with prices

on the above.

Yours very truly.

o99

Nov. 16th, 1914.

ee eeee a B. Trow,

n Charge Retail Reoord Department,

The Phonograph Co., :
229 So. Wabash Avenue,

Chicago, Ill.

Dear Miss Trow:
Your favor of the 11th instant to lir. Edison was
yeceived and handed to hin. He has read 4t with much interest.
He wishes me to say to you that we have half a
dozen of Anna Case's songs recorded, but naturally we cannot put
them all out at once. Wo also have records from more than

fifteen qwellimowm artists who have sung for us-

Ye are prevented from putting out what we would like

to issue by the (miserable to Mire Baison) dance records and war

song stuff. He wishes to assure you that we heave the goods if

we can ever get & chance to put them out.
Yours very truly,
a tt: i

Assistant to Mr. Ed.isone

pWicige RT eit er 2a pe cde ae

605

Noy. 16th, 1914.

ire Wm. He Wiley,

% John Wiley & Sons Coe,
432 Fourth Avenue,

New York.

Dear ir. Wiley:

I beg to acknowledge receipt of your

favor of the 12th instont and also of the complimentary copy

of your latest electrical work, for which please accept my since:

The book is beautifully gotten up 4
rest assured it will find a place in

thanks. nad seems to be

very complete. You may

my library.
With Icind regards, I remain

: a
Yours ve fey ee
Cassi
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609

Nov. 17th, 1914.

Dr. Jobn G Ryerson,
Boonton,
Node

Dear Sir:-
Mr. Headowcvoft has handed me a copy of your book,

"A Mind Remedy", and has fully explained your wishes in regerd
thereto. Tet me say in connection therewith that while the dis-
covery you have meade is se
ated by the profession, I must ask you to kind-

n in the matter.

emingly of much interest and ought to be

thoroughly investis
ly oxcuse me from talcing any specific actio

In the first place, it would bo unwiee from 4
duce any specialty of this neture in

pusiness standpoint to intro
e send cases o2 sickness

Under, our general practice Wi

my factories.
g any questions that might

practitioner, thus avoidin
tg Liability laws.
oncentreted day and

to a regular
In the next plece, my time

arise under employer
night on the muLltija

ttention are entirely ¢

and av
rests and

tudinous problems arising from my owtensive business intore

oxperimental wore Consoquently, it is really impessaibic for me

to devote any tine whatever to affairs not valating thorato, 10

interesting they may seem 6O DGes
wy,

matter how tmportant or
yery

Yours

617

Nov. 19th, 1914.

Mrs. F. P. Chalmers,
—_ 1155 Farwell Avenue,
Chicago, Ill.
Dear Mrs. Chalmers: .

Mr. Le Be Myers has forwarded to me your letter
to Mrse Myera in regard 4o the subject of your coming to our
New York Recording Studio to make a trial record of your
voice. I see by that letter that you have read the communi =
cation which I sent to Mr. Myers, and are willing to take the
risk of making the trip to New York for this purpose.

I have written to Mr. We H. Miller, the manager
of our Recording Studio at #79 Wifth Avenue, New York City, in-
forming him of your intended visit, and have asked him to make
a trial record of your voice in one of your songs and gend it
to Mr. Edison for his hoaxings { have no doubt that any of
the three dates that you mon fon in your letter will be
entirely satisfactory to Mx. Miller, and I think hg will find
that he will give you every opportunity to show the quality of
your voloe-. Unless you are & coloratura, I would suggest that
you ochoase ‘a song that has 4 distinct and attractive melody
rather one whose chief merit is its brilliancy-

Allow me add my sincere wishes for your success.
Yours very truly,

Assistant to hr. Edison.

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Mr. LI. K. Berry,
551 Woodland Avenue,
Netherwood,
Plainfield, N. J.

Dear Sir:-

Replying further to your favor of the 6th
instant, we beg to make the following report as to the record

you inquire about.

Massenet's Elegy has already been recorded.
Mighty Lik’ a Rose will be recorded soon, and Little Grey Home

in the West has already been recorded by two singers, put neither

632

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Nov. 20th, 1914.

ax ESET TEC ene saOnCODE sey
Soe eeeesenees ana aie ah eR aaa

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mana

Serr

Sees

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of the records were satisfactory to Mx. Edison and he did not pass

them for manufacture. He hopes to get @ satisfactory singer

for this song very soon.

Yours very truly,

Edison Laboratory.

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ce meepece crt aa aR NINN aE EME OTS

639

Nov. 20th, 1914-

Mx. Samuel Insull,
Edison Building,

120 West Adams Street,
Chicago, Ill.

lly dear Insull:

I have received yours of the 17th instant, and

would say in reply that I have not the slightest objection to

your using my photograph with its juscription in the collection

of your speeches that you propose to publish.

know at your early con-
gp that distil their

I wish you would Let me

venience whether you contol any gas companie

tar and make Benzol. You have probably seen items in the news-
am making My own CGarbolic Acid, and

papers to the effect that I
pose. I am buying some

I sm using pure Benzol for this pur

from the United Gas Improvement peopl
Yours vV' ruly,

e in Phila

{Me ACs

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_outee

640

Nov. 20th, 1914.
Hr. M. L. Lefferts, President, |
The Celluloid Company,
30 Washington Place,
New York City.
Dear Mr. Lefferts:

I received your favor of the 17th instant in
regard to the Redmanol Chemical Products Company, and thank
you for calling my attention to their use of the word “Amberoid”.
This word is very near the one that we use to designate a .
tyve of machine and records, but our word is “Amberol."
We have no connection whatever with the Redman-

ol Company. I think they make a sort of Gondensite, and do
not kmow how to work it.

I return their letter to you nerewith, and remain

Yours very truiy,

”

Co Fin ho

SESS ra ere

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Nov. 21st, 1914.

Mr. Charles H. Botsford,
Room 1635, 25 Broad Street,
Newark, We. J.

My dear Mr. Botsford;

I ghall have to ask you to kindly exouse the delay
in replying to your favor of the 12th instant. I have simply
been swamped in work since the receipt of your letter, and it has
been a matter of impossibility for me to get at my correspondence
Por a woelk.

In regard to the manufacturing of chemicals, as
suggested by Mr. Edison, I Imow that there are quite a number, but
it would take me quite some time to obtain anything like a full
list. I lmow there is a great shortage of dyeing materials, and
I would also mention a few of the things for which there is an
opening for a manufacturer. These are as follows:

Carbolic Acid
Paraphenylenediamine
Nitro~Benzol

Picric Acid

Aniline O11
Hydroquinone

Metol

I think that you would find the above quite enough
to matte u start on. Indeed, you would yxeebebly have to make a
aolection, #5 you would soarcely ba able te hendle them ell.

With kind rageras, 7 vemaly

Youn we haa: >

fot , ON
WG allen tycteeG G
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647

Nov. 20th, 1914-

ba |S, eee

na FENG Sy tet

ened 2. 80%

Eo sito rel.
Mr. ;
26 Disneonda,

(rete yee Buffalo, N. Ye
Dear Siri ,

Replying to your favor of the 7th instant, let
ay thet you will probably find in our Christmas supplements

4one that you desir
ay for your 4nformati
You w

me Ss
6, a8 mentioned in your Letter.

the select
on that we are making some

411 probably have noted
o or three Saxaphone

annot put them out -

“tet me also 8

my Syety bth
yore

pell yeoords.

more Saxaphone &
ay in the catalog tw

‘gs? eav
qatota, patie”
that there are alrea

yen tt
ofa andvesot-
e inch records, we &

I have noted your rema

fa roksom, ba : solos. 48 to the twelv
W oct Aguorti: ! as yet. When the time comes for these, we shall put them out
: only with the symphonies of Bethoven and other magical composi-
$4ons of similar Length.
: rks in regard to the
ave ArovE Ui winding device and will ascertain what the trouble is. Will you
windly write and let me jmow what type your machine is? Please
and I will

number of the machine,

cv poy ovin 9°
‘give me fall particulars and.

arrange to have it fixed upe wa
Yours very i, 2
ss, 108 ct <hact—

DStdE
Wats as
My ga

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Nov. 20th, 1914.

Mr. Geo. Js Lenth,
Elkader,;

Towa.

Dear Sir:

I have received your favor of the 17th inatant, which I
have read very carefully. Perhaps you are right in your remark that
we are dead ones, but if 80, that gives us more latitude for improve~
ment. .

Now as to the various points covered by your letter, let
me sey that I will take up the matter of the castors immediately, and
trust you will have no further reason for complaint in this direction.
As to publicity, we are starting a big national advertising campaign,
as well as a broad-cast recital campaign. We find this is much more
immediate in its selling returns.

J.have in New York City sixteen men doing nothing but
arranging for and giving recitals day by day. They are doing some
pretty lively work, for instence, yesterday afternoon and last night
they gave, with the assistance of dealers,twenty one recitals to as
many groupe of people.

Experiments jin several cities show as 4 result that as
against $1000 spent for advertising and $1000 spent in giving tecitals,
that the latter plan was eight times more efficient ,as shown by sub-

er SS
a /
#. “ Torercy y. a

suTe Vaorgcbre A

aa ed) - ;
oe ey C? 4h deren

eoytest sales of the doalers.

Bset evad
jah OLB OW

woy .trem

,ovsg Yodt
qvorg Yasm

£% santsgs
edd tedt

Be teonpos

Nov. 20th, 1914.

Kay #. He Lapping,
52.6 so:th 10th Street,
St. Louis, Ho.

beat Sirie

As the mero acquisition of money is not the principal
ambition of my life, appreciative letters such as you have written me
ure a source of much gratification, for they indicate that I have
sucueeded after years of hard work in coming close to my ideal, which
is, to afford a never ceasing fountain of pleasure to real lovers of
isi. Tt want to thank you for your letter with ite expressions of
appreciation and good will.

I have inateuobed the proper department in our Works to
see that you are provided with the parts you desire to make your
machine a worm-wind, as desired. As to the selection you would
like namely, "When you and I were Young, Maggie", I am Looking into
thet matter, and shall hope to put out a record of this selection as

goon ag our routine of recording will allow oa,

Yours very truly, :
aon .
Qh Chvcen—
(3 |
Y 24ows dont ricci. Menken anabhy Arthas

—

661

Novo 2ist, 1914.

Mr. W.Hoe Fart Loy,
Engineer of Works,

United Gas Inprevement Co.
Broad & Arch Streets,
Philadelphia, Ps.

Dear Mr. Gartley:

The five gallon can of pure Benzol came duly
to hand, and I have had it tested. The results of the test
are very satisfactory ‘and show that it is just what we want.

The Barrett benzol is nearly the same, except

that it contains considerable se cena.

Yours-very truly,

: fa
CA

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WC a
red Watt ori

Rakearkes cds weatbes

662

4 Sy

at, 1914.

Hote 2
Arthur H. Thonas Company,
eat Washington Square,
Philadelphia, Pee
Gentlemen :-~-
I have received yow favor of the 19th
instant and note that you are going to offer a personal con-

‘ference with Mr. Ford. If you have not already done

this, let me suggest that you do not approach him yet. His

Laboratory is not ready, and when it is he will probably want

me to do most of the work. ae

Yours 3 weary truly,
1 ae :

ae oath a eee

aonranncersee-retereiersraienniciah uaiiall PAD aati ore 085 ei Pleated a RTE atte

STHLE ett. EEEREELE

ct Nee tone i ec crn Eee

Noveyber 23, 1914,

Mrs. ‘Marion BH. Neser,
Postlagernd,
Neuenburg, Baden.
Germany.
Dear Hrs, Oeser: .
Our bank. “the. Uaion National of Netrars,
Néw Jersey has to-day inetruoted the Dresdner Rank,
Berlin, to place the equivalent of two hundrqd dellars

to your credit with the Dregdner Bank-Filiale-¥reibure,

With Kindest regards, I am.

Youra vefy truly.

688

Nov. 24th, 1914.
Mr. Nathan He. Alterman, ) |
. 590 panton Avenue,
Bronx, New York.
Dear Sir:-

I am in receipt of your favor of the 20th inst.,
which has been read with a great deal of interest. In reply
Let me say that while I am very glad that you have called my
attention to your Society, I shall not be able at the present
time to be of substantial “financial assistance, 4&8 the disturb-
ance of business conditions due to the War in Europe will not
allow-.of my diverting from my pusiness interests any of the
money that I requiréé to keep them moving. -

I think, however, that possibly it may happen
that I may be able to be of more practical assistance to some
of the members of your orchestra. I assume from your Letter
that most of your players are people who work in the day time
and have their evenings to themselves, and as I am going to con~
duct some extensive experiments in yecording music in the
evenings here at West Orange, 4% may be possible that I can
arrange to employ some of your musicians for evening work. T
am giving this matter a great deal of consideration just now, and
you may hear from me again before 4 great while.

In the meantine, if you have among your people any
players of especial talent, I should be very glad 4f you could
send me a memorandum of their names and. the instruments they
play. Tf I conelude to make arrangements with any of them, 1

presume that you would prefer that 4t should be done through you.
Yours very $ruly,.. sent.
warn (A “ et we

ave mercer tcccrrnnene ts NSM HT nwa ai Sagi i CSOT a BS TET ay

bap prushpe RM eLhe ght CER ELE

689

Nov. 24th, 1914.

Mr. Henry A. Ashmead,
16 Belmont Street,
Toronto, Canada.

Dear Sir:-

Your favor of the 19th instant has been

handed to me, and I want to assure you that its contents
have been a source of great satisfaction to me. I am much

gratifiod by your words of appreciation in regard to the list

of British and Patriotic selections, and am glad to learn

of your enthusiasm which has led you to the sale of our

machine.

Tet me say in eonciusion that intelligent

suggestions ani ideas are always appreciated by me.

ae eet NOE LTO E MEN EEC ERI AEE HE!

691

Nov. 24th, 1914.

Mr. F. R. Johnson, Sales Manager,
East Kentucky Coal & Coke Company,
Central National Bank Bldg.,

St. Louis, Mo.

Dear Sir:-

4 XI received your favor of the 16th instant, and

q .would say in reply that its contents have been perused with
much intorest,. I am always glad to receive criticisms in
regard to our records, and am glad to give them my personal
attention. Let me say for your information that we receive
a groat variety of opinions about music, but they vary in a

very astonishing manner. _AllL sorts of suggestions and ideas

H come to us, but we find that they are not universally applicable.

} For instanco, records that are salable in New England are un- :
Salable in Iowa, and vice versa.

You say that the music sounds thin in spots.
Lot me call your attention to the fact that four violins play~-
ed in exact time give the effect of one violin of large tone,
1 If the players cannot play in exact step, you can then tell
: that there are four violins, but not otherwise. We have
twenty four men in our band, and nearly every one of them comes
from tho Philharmonic, The Symphony Orchestra or the Metropolitan
Opera House Orchestra. The closer they play, the fewer there
appears to be playing. This from a musician's point of view

is correct, but probably a mistake from a commercial point of
view. :

Our competitor's type of Orchestra might please
you bvettor,. The dealers sell an attachment with which you can
pley Victor or Columbia records on your machine.

I am working hard to make our records as perfect
as possible, and we shall probably improve as time goes on.

See ~
Pee ee
a) Cia =

Yours a
ee. neat

692

‘Nov. 24th, 1914.

ee Mr. C. I. Roberts,

‘ : wo Wahl Adding Machine Co.,
LE: 252 East Ohio Street,

ash Chicago, Ill.

red Dear Sir:-

y IT am in receipt of your favor of the 19th
instant, and would say in reply that most of the things that are

COW .
Hoss
BReT
odds |
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very attractive for manufacturing at the present time are in

the chemical line. Many of the chemicals are paying enormous

; profits to the manufacturers, but this line of work requires

Lev
ay : experts, and real ones are very scarce.

Many propositions for manufacturing in the
mechanical line have been offered to me, but I have turned them
away because I am so filled up with my own work that I cannot
take on anything else. Many of these have been taken up by

nT a cert a

other parties, so should I come across something promising I

will let you know. ae
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Nov. 24th, 1914.

The Savolainen Company,

Virginia,
Minn.
Gentlemen; - .

Your favor of the 19th instant in regard
to records in Foreign languages has been referred to me. The
trouble is that at the present time we cannot get the mw oper
singers to make these records, on account of the War; then
again, we are so pressed by people in the large cities for
dance music that we have been obliged to pay spooial attention
to that lately. Just as fast as we can we Will make up @

list of records in Foreign languages. ees

Yours ve LY,
mn

yee 103 CA

Nov. 24th, 1914.

Mrs. R. M. Willson,
R.F.D. #2,
‘Huron, Ohio.

Dear Mrs. Willson:-

1 was indeed surprised to receive a letter from you, but

am very glad to get it and to read about the friends of days long
gone by- L remember the lines very well, but i was only seven
years ola when I left Milan. A great many things heve happened
since that time, but my memory is still good as to lots of things
that happened during those very carly years. My father enjoyed

a vigorous life until he died when he was ninety four years old.

Harriett Ann and Pitt both died 4 long time ago-
You must be getting quite old now, and I don't wonder

W
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that you fecl rather lonely with so many of the old faces missing.

T have been so busy all my life that I have not time to get old.

pee

ot, S With kind regards and all good wishes to you, If remain
; oo
fifw Yours very poe G8 ——

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General Letterbook Series
Letterbook, LB-101 (1914-1915)

This letterbook covers the period Nov 1914-February 1915. Most of the
correspondence is by Edison and William H. Meadowcroft. In addition to
letters concerning the commercial development of disc phonographs and
recordings, much of the correspondence relates to World War | and its
disruption of markets for carbolic acid (or phenol), which Edison used in the
manufacture of phonograph records. Numerous letters pertain to Edison's
move into the manufacture of chemicals for his businesses, with the
construction of his own benzol absorbing plants, and the sale of his excess
supplies. Included are documents regarding his sale of toluol to the British
government through J. P. Morgan & Co., along with correspondence about
industrial waste from Edison's chemical works. The letters from 1915 contain
numerous references to the fire of December 9, 1914, that destroyed or
damaged more than half of the buildings in the West Orange laboratory
complex. The correspondents include General Electric executive Charles A.
Coffin; W. W. Richards of E. |. Du Pont de Nemeurs Powder Co.; the Cambria
Steel Co. of Johnstown, Pennsylvania; and Harger & Blish, phonograph
dealers in Des Moines, lowa.

The front cover is marked "T. A. E. Nov. 25, 1914. To Feb. 13, 1915."
The spine is marked with similar information, along with the number "39." The
book contains 710 numbered pages and an index. Approximately 20 percent
of the book has been selected.

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Mr. George H. Follows
6428 Darlingbon Road,’
Pittsburgh, Pa.

Dear Sir:-
I beg to acknowledge receipt of your favor of
the 21st instant, which has been read with considerable in-

terest. I want to thank you for your kind suggestions and

to say that I am always open to fair criticisms and also to
suggestions and ideas for the bettering of our products.
4 I am preparing to install and equip a special
recording room, and I am sure that we are going to get some
music that will be very much better than that produced by our
previous efforts as soon as this special room is finished. We
are very much handicapped in trying to get good voices. Those
that sound dl. right on the stage when there is a large orchestra
and the hum of the audience, enlivened by the dramatic environ-
ment, show up glaring defects when put on the phonograph.

Many singers "break" on some notes, thus causing
& blurred, chattering sound. If the singer is a celebrated one,

, the phonograph gets the blame.

Nov. 27th, 1914.

Mre Charlas Sv Brafiay
41 ‘Parke Row,
New York City.

Leav Mr. Bradley:

Your favor of tha 24th instant, in regard

‘

- MEe Guido Meisel, a German chamigt vas received by Mr.
Edison, and has had his attantion. He veque3ts me to write
and ask you whether Mr. Meisel has had factory axperience in
tho mann*aeturing of commer! a1 ahemicels. Jf ao, will you
kindly inform me just how much experiance: *e ha: nad and In
what partt anlar line.
Qrusiiag you sre wall, and with Zinf regards,

I remain
Yours vary truly,

Oellien roweog'

Assistan: bo Myr. Bdison.

Nov. 27th, 1914.

stot. Charles Baskerville,
vaureee CP the Clty o% New York, :

J9th Street & St. Nicheiey Terrace,
New York Clty, '

aV Sear Six,

Ihave sent you by mail today a small sample of

Viskel flake which has been prepared with great care by our

“nenists over in the Storage Battery,

A careful analysis of
chile showa .259% of aopper.

This is not undissolved copper
zeems to be from copper in the anode itselz,
+ Edison Says that I should teil you that this small percent.

of COpper would probably disappear after
eke, and we ars

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a little use of the
going ahead trying further experiments in the :

expectation that we will be able to practically eliminate
86 coppey altogether,

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I hope to send you some other Samples
‘thin a few days.

Will a sample of the size sent you today be suffi-
“ut for vou to make a test?

Yours very truly, . |
WH lea doueudf'

Assistant to Mr. Edison

Nov. 27th, 1914,

ir. Be H. Collins,
Nassra. Steinway & Sons

107 & 109 E, 14th “strect,
New York.

Dear Sir:

Your favor of tho 23rd instant has been
“eselved, and I have talked with Mire. Edison in regard Sherenos
He wants mo ta say that he is not ready. yet to consider the
purchase of a new piano. He is experimenting on our old piano,
and thins he can make it far better for his purpose than a new
vne would be. ;
. He wants me to sey to you that he has a new
#1000 Stcimvay at his house, and it is fine.
Yours very truly,

WY lianieurcecft,

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Nov. 27th, 1914.

Prof. John Leotti,
152 E. .108th Streat
Now York City /

Dear Sir:.

Mrs Cronkite of our Recording Department has
spoxen to mo about you. I told Mr. Cronkite that I desired
to get-an expert to help me in some extensive experiments that
I am going to perform in the recording and reproducing of music.
I infer that you got an idea from Mr. Cronkite's conversation
that I should desire the expert immediately. This, howevor, is
not the fact, as I shall not be ready to start these experiments
for some little time, as I am building a special place. to carry
them on. When I am ready, I hope I can avail myself of your
services.

Should you have spare time enough to come over to
the Laboratory at Orange, I should be very glad to seo you some ~

day. You had better telephone to my assistant, Mr. Meadowcroft

in advance of your coming, so as to make sure.I shall be here.

Yours very truly,-~ a

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Nov. 27th, 1914.

ord ve +
sal =; tzey Fe Morgan,
voll na oxmed Y.ES.CE.,
LIL, Ne Ye:
ped wear Mr. Moerorse
At Mr. Edison's request, I beg to hand you

eae enclosed u cpy of the regular program that we use in giving
ot recitals under Mr. Riley's direction. This program is a
aT winner. A gomiinetion of the regular numbers and the request
tt sianbee below is a good one, because it caters to everybody.
ait The preparation of this program was largely Mr. Edison's work,
a08 and he divided it into two parts because if there are people in
rot the audience who do not care particularly for tha numbers In
ents the reaular order, that is to say,from one to twelve, there is
+28 a request list at the foot of the program, from which the,

have selections playod. As you will see on examinition, chase
one is all souts of music on this sheet.
yb Another thing. live 2dtaon think: (at you
at eater to churches rather too suo, ‘and be 43 AoRded |. erg

Posy Pande vi at Sete

segitals given to fraternitias, “0 0 8S
tions, as well as churches.
Yours vary traly,

ie apices ©

gseiste. ca Mae Hapson.

Nov. 27th, 1914.

My. I. B. Perrine, Pres.,
Twin. Falls Railroad,
Quin Falls, Idaho.

Dear Mr- Perrine;

“”,

, your favor of the 13th

I am returning herew3%:

inetant, with our varioua moneys ale wpor ite You will seo at

the top Mr. Edison's memorandvii tolling me to send the whole

thing to you. The ropors of vir epemist about the ore of
4 the foot of

which you sent nim sample is written in pencil @

your ioster 59 rie. ;
Mr. Rdison is very glad indeed to learn that
+ ytorage battery cars are operating so well, and says that

he sti ha very gina to see you on your next trip to New York.

In regard to killing the blight in pear trees,

us, Haison's recollection 4s that he told you what they do in
rehnardr

pum large electric lights in the 0

Germany, and that is to
and in this

ps which catoh the flying insects,

at night, with tra
large extent. This

vent the second generation to a

way they pre
emany, end has been reported

plan is being very largely used in G
to be quite successful.
With kindest regards, I remain

Yours very truly,
‘ LP iene ote Lb
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Nov. 27th, 1914.

Mr. Gao. B. Reid
% Vanity Hanufactur ing Co.,
Buffalo, N. Y¥.

Dear Sir:-

. Your favor of the 17th instant to Mr. Edison,
togather with the sample of your idea of an index for record
cabinots came. duly to hand. He once submitted this to the
Engineer of the Works, who made the following report, Mr. Edison

gays try again.
The report is as follows;

"In connection with this yeoord index, I find thet this
style of wooden separator in disc cabinet drawers is
F

no longer used.
Ther have been discontinued because:

iw Soratched records
~ Osoupy too much space
“30d warps making records fit tight.

- wuxpense :
Stain comes off on records and peoples *fingers.

Ro)

-whed a system of card separators

®here has been + itsti!
ach separator and & filing card.

with t-4ex numbe2” 11 6
The drawers ere vs igvs ded into ten parts oy means of
wood separators.

Bach part holds ten esa.ras with 10 indexad separators.

The new system shows she following adv 7:6 ess

1- Each separator hes an index nur... qthich is not

liable to break off.
2- The drawers hold 15 more records

3 It is cheaper
4- No trouble from seratching or worpinG.

5~ No tight fits
6- Large filing oard - removable for changing and

passing ‘around af desired. ;
y= Has been found very satisfactory."

Yours very truly, ¥ 0 Kabovetery gn

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Nov. 30th, 1914.
Mr. : Be se Brand,
Acting Chief of Bureau,
Departnont of Conmerce,
Vashington, D. C.
Dear Sir:-

Your favor of the 18th instant has been handed to
me, and in reply I beg to say that we have started mnufacturing
chemicals which we were formerly compolied to import from Germuny.
We do not manufacture for sale, but only for our ow use.

However, we are in possession of considereble in-
formation regarding German chemicals and the commercializing of

the same, and I would be glad to see any representative of the

Department of Comimerae, should you ie ae on mo.
Yours vory y x
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Nov. 30th, 1914-

a conten Miller,
Pittsburg, Pa.
Dear Sir:
Your favor of the 26th instant has been handed

to me, and I beg to assure you that your kind words of apprecia-
tion in regard to the Edison Diamond Dise Phonograph are very
gratifying to mo, as it indicates that my hard work of the last
few years is accomplishing what I set out to do, that is to
please lovers of good musics .

- in regard to the" Daisy "songs, I have given in-
structions to look these up and have them tried out, and if
we can do so we will put one of more of them on the record.

‘Phanking you for your Icind interest, I remain

Nov. 30th, 1914.

Mr. Goo. C. Silser, Vice Prasident
Harger & Blish, ,
811 Walnut Street,
Des Moines, Towa.
Dear Mr. Silger;
, This is to confirm tihe telegram I sont you last
night in regard to the Anna Caso record #80120;
"Anna Case Eighty one twenty mould wont pad.
Hove fixed. Hope to ship you all you want
Saturday, December 5th."

Although your lettor was dated the 25th, it did
not reach me until yesterday afternoon, and within an hour the
above telegram had been sent you. You will gac we are doing
some hustling from this end also. .

Yours very truly,

astm inca data Mahl Rd ered Sea

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Nov. 30th, 1914.

he Geo. C. Silzer, Vice Presidgft
Bll Walnut Stroet :
Des Moines, Towa.
Dear Mr. Silzer:

It will interest you to kmow that that boy of mine, in
nis Edison Shop in Orange, sold eight phonographs last woek, two
of which were cylinder machines.

Outside and store recitals did the business. They
have given as many a5 throe recitals outside (to associetions,
schools, etc.) and one store yecital in one day. He does no
advertising.

I have sixteen men in New York City, doing nothing cise
but giving recitals before associations, fraternitics, churohes,
publio schools, atc. During the day they go around and arrange
for recitals, and nights and afternoons give the rocitals them-
solves. The average attendance ig about one hundred and thirty-
two per recital, thus reaching over two thousand people 4 day.

The New Yory dealers are full of prospects, and sales
are swelling.

Yours very truly,

wee ey
od

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‘ Titania pin cg EE ETE na

Nov. 30th, 1914.

Senta Yo Watch Company,
bal Kansas Avenus,
Topeka, Kansas.

Gentlemen: -

Your favor of the 21st jnatant has been handed to
mo, and I have read it with a great deal of interest.

Hos it evor occurred to you that records salable
in one part of the Country aro entirely unsaledile in anothor part?
We set a variety of requests from all over thea Country Prom
New England we get violent protests against putting on ‘ragtime and
Coon Songs. Up there thoy want operas and orchestra selections,
togather with dance veooras for the factory people. The Broadway
pits do not soll there.

In Dakota they want Band records. This is true
also of Southern Ohio, Kentucky and Tennessec. All these demands
are backed up by sarcastic letters, ell of whieh are very discourage
crn 4n fact so much 60 that if I had known that there vere such
a wide difference of opinion about music, I would never have had
anything to do with it. Sometimes I wish I were owt of it alto-
gather. All I cam say is that wo will do the pest we can to

satisfy these conflicting requests.
panes}
Yours very t af 7

VC tees

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Nov. 30th, 1914.

ure John E. Teeple,
50 East 41st Street,
New York.
Dear Sir:- ,

Your favor of the 27th instant nas
been received, and we beg to say in reply that Mr. Edison
thought that he might be able to use Pine O11 in the synthetic
production of Garbolic Acid Crystals, but found that he could
not inake vse of it for this purpose. For the present, at any
rate, wo are out of the market for Pine Oil.

Phanking you for your Irind and prompt
attention to the matter at the time we had our provious corres-
pondence, we remain

Yours very truly,

Edison Laboratory.

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Mr. H. H. Blish,
% Warger & Blish,
Des Moines, Iowa.
Dear Mr. Blish:
Your favor of the 20th ultimo to Mr. Walter
Miller was forwarded by him to Mr. Baison, who wants me to
inform you that Millicent has been recorded and is now on ‘a

the vay through. Mr. Edison has given instructions to have
tke sample rushed forward to him so that he can see whether
tho ~ecom is good enough to place on the list.

What Mr. raison cannot understand is that he
pets as many letters from so many dealers asicing him for
heaveny seke Let up on Bands and so much dance music, while

“yc Say im your Letter that your people are crazy for it.

Yours very truly,
on ?
i we ie FeRAM ee a y
Assistant to Mr. Eqison.

Mr. We. W. Nichols, Deo. lst, 1914.
Allis-Chalmers Mfg. Co.,

350 Church, St.,

New York.

Dear Mr. Nichols:

Referring to your favor of the 27th ultimo and the
enclosures forwarded therewith, Mr. Bdison requests me to write and
ask -you if you will kindly ask Mr. Blauvelt whether they distil
all their By-product Sar, or would they sell any. What Mr. Edison
wants is a continuous supply of Benzol, but he understands that the
Semet Solvay people have tied themselves up to the Barrett Manufactur-
ing Company. That Company is hogging s+, and refuses to sell me Bis,
any, although %usesit only for mown purposes in manufacturing
Carbolic Aold synthetically, and sell none to the publics Ho would sed
not hurt their market.

Yours very truly,

av)

Fat

Dec. lst, 1914.

Mr. %. Cc. Martin,

@ National Electric Light Assoc.,

29 West 39th Street,

New York.
My dear Mr. Martin:

Your favor of yesterday with olipping from
the New York Times has been received. I had not seen it,
and deeply regret to learn that this dreadful War has been
the oocasion of such a loss to you. I sympathize with you
sincerely and deeply, and wish to add my tribute of honor
to the memory of a dead hero. I remember him very well,
and enjoyed the pleasure of meeting him greatly when he was
here sometime ago.

Very sincerely yours,

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Dec. 2nd, 1914.

Mr. Roger W. Babson,
Wellesley Hilis,
Mass.
Dear Mr. Babson:
The enclosed clipping is from your
Weekly Report of December lst, 1914.

Are you quite sure of the correctness of
this statement? If it is all burnt up in eighteen months,
where do the riches come in? Roumenia, Hungary and some
others of those countries have been pastoral for a long

time. Are they rich?

Yours very : “>

thes O Even

‘Mr. John Wanamaker,

Cl
ee

#dec. 2nd, 1914.

Philadelphia,

Pa.
Ny dear Mr. Wanamaker:
Your very kind invitation to dine with

you and a few friends on Friday of next week has been

received, and is greatly appreciated.

would like to accept but the fact is,
I shall be overworked until after January and cannot get

away. Unless another war or & Continental earthquake

intervenes, I will gladly come ne ae
Yours y truly,

O Econ

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Mr. H. D. Beaves,
Verona,
New York.

SAG PESTS Be eA Ie

Dear Sir:-

Your favor of the 27th whhincs “ao ae. adison
hag been received, and he requests us to say im coply cia we
have alveady started to do suse advertising, bub we vane “he.
recitals given in churches, and before associations, fvaternivcce,
etc. brings the instrument itself before the neople, ani chig
is vovy much better than advertising, in seliing resules s

‘in regard to the question of a clroulavins
library of records, wo beg to say that the soason it bar cob
succeeded is that the children in the homes seratch wy tho
vesords so much that these who have tried this projest hava
beon obligsad to stops

Yours vory truly,

Edison Leboratory.

Dec. 3x4, 1914.

Mr. W. He Gartley,
Engineer of Works,
United Gas Improvement Co.,
Brood & Arch Streets,
Philadelphia, Pa.

Dear Mr. Gartley:

Mr. Edieon wishes me te weite and ask you

whether you would be willing to trade 2.0, 000 gallons of ovr
90% Benzol for C.P. 3enzol, we yaying osnes per gallon
forthe exchange. We uvo putting ap 2 distilling apraxic
for turning our 90% Bennol into G.B., put it is not quite
ready, and this ouohaws wf 19,000 geilons would hely Liv.
Eé@igson out. No thinks that probably you may be inehiued
to do this, es there would uot bs any extra call on you fer
raw material.

Yours very truly,

ee ne

a LOO le,

Assisvant to bi.

Deo. Sra, 1914.

United States Theatres Co.,
617 Washington Street, :
Hoboken, N. Jd.
Gentlemon:~
Mr. Koch of our New York Office handed us a card
stating that you wished to find out vhether you could get two
or three of our phonographs at dealers" discounts, as you were
going to give them away.
Ur. Edison requests me to write and say to you that
he is very sorry that we are unable to allow you & discount.
We have a contract with all our dealers, which prevents us from
allowing discounts to any put a regular dcalor in the goods.
Possibly you might be able to make some arrengement
with the local dealer in your city o7 the besis of advertising.

Yours very (caly,
Peden?

ty
ep:

Asaiatanc to iy» dison.

segemmepm ate:

Dec. Srd, 1914.
Mr. J. H. Vail,
Grand View Senatoriun,
Wernersville, Berks Co., Pa.
My dear Mr. Vail:

All I can do is to ask your kind indulgence for my long
delay in reply to your favor of the 13th witimo. I have been so
overwhelmed with work during the last few weeks that my mail has
been terribly neglected, and your letter has suffered severely. I
vant to express my apology and to ask you to kindly overlook what
seems to be neglect.

I enclose herewith your letter with Mr. Edimn's pencil
memorandum on it, and also my memorandum to Mr. MoChesnoy, the
Manager of the Motion Picture Department, and also his reply. You
Will be able to gather from these original papers the whole story.

I am sorry that it conld not have becn of a more en-
couraging nature, but I Imow this, that they would not left any
friend of mine go into it if there were any risk.

It is with much regret I learn of your illne:s and the
unfortunate experiences that you have had. It seems toc bad aftar

a life of hard work to have things turn out that way. Tanagerely

trust that before long somo way will open up to you of recnuncre ting
from these reversos.
With kind regards, I remain

Yours very truly,

oR,

Mr. CG. A. Coffin,

Thirty Church reat,

New York.
My dear Mr. Coffin:

I am in receipt of your Page OF
the 2nd instant, and in reply deg to suy that To rexnnot

yemember Dr. Edwards, nor have I any recollection of

any work by anyone of that name. ate

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TULY

Oo aes Ch Chane.

Yours ve

AS:

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rarer etn

erases

Ve. WV. E. Gartley,
“aginear of Works,
Vnited Gas Improvement Co.
‘yond and Arch Streets, :
“nilaiolphia, Fa.

Near Mir. Gartloy:

Now I am appealing to you for some incormat lon. tT. Ht
“ant to store my bensol in to tanke, of Say, 6,000 grtioas oiaive ;

WAll you please advise me on the: following points:

1. Should the teanics bo vertical or horivontsLT

2, Wheat thickness of ivon showld they be?

paths a Shin ae
Weakest

3, Muy they oe outdoors, oF should they be facitde the
Qa BoOV or sunk in the proud?

4. Should thoy 2s Boove erourl,

5, What precautions ere necessary?

You will sec the

Line of anformation T am ater. LE

I have not asked enough quest ions, WiLL you out of yout arhendad were

on all necessary oF assentigl roti

yariencs Kindly cost m6

Mhanking you in advanes Lor ey YOMaALy
Z

Yours si LS ..*
Haha Ch Udon. :

lire EB. EH. Gary,
656 Bifth avenue,
New York City.

My dear Mr. Gary:

In accordance with my promise a fow cays L
have instructed my people to send to your reaid@ence one wh Ny
rocords. LT oinsre bsc

new Diamond Disc Phonographs and some

given instructions to send one of our men to your house bo ane
pack the machine end to instruet your hitler now to onerate it.
I do not Imow your taste in music, anil bGherexore
sent you only & Limited quantity of youords Zor a bart. Yu

nh, % catalogue of our yeecords, wre

will, find enclosed, harewit
~ $b over an& whooss

shall be very glad id you will Kindly Look
as many as you vrould Like. {fF you will sound me ao lsat of

ake pleasure in having thom sent over 4o youe

those I shall ta
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Dee. rd, LOL.

P, O. Pitkin, Jr.,
Box LéSl,
Springfield, Mass.

Dear Sir:

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I have reeeived your yavor of the 2nd

boon read with a gyeat doal of interent, and Tt

Sho many wood vores whieh you ave rind snough bo

my nev Dianont Dise phonograph.

Coz nreduotion of weeords 2 pomdie fe

Which our Jesbore itce upon Use JT rmugy comtves

abe

hove sPovea to be yory aisacpolmeiiy vo Me,

grade of musicel taste on qho posh av che

manie, 2nd mind

real music Lovers who 1iKs
many more machines, the aaand for it YALL not be grest eng to

go into it largely.
However, 2 nyiiiding: & special yagording feo, sich is

eerie
Berea

now abouts half finn a4 T shall record el tne

music, such 8s symphonies , HONaTaE, EUCe, with etrit ny
Large OLChEeStrEes «
To shri do this oven if scolus of weooyds oF sone Ghee
ly fow, a8 Zoom very vond of this o1ass of 1 mgsolt. a Ses
4t viell, however io a vory aitvienlt matter, ang thare ee a Ee
cial yecorns.

done before JT issue any conl
Pall

doal of exporimenting
Yours ve LULY oy

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Doe. 4th, 1914

Mr. Geo. C. Silser, Vieo President,
Harger & Bligh,

811 Walint Street,

Des Moines, Iowa.

Desr Mz. Silzer;

Referring to yow £Lavor of the {8nd ulbimo, let me

advise you not to get discouraged ubout the eplinder inc, ous Eeep

pushing it he

witil I get things in shape. You Will nove thet
the latest records have grovm much batter in quality, md they are

going to be invcroved’ osillL farther. Tha

ade cai soing

to be improved.

Sevazul gelling plens are Neing ciried owl, una ie

gpota sone deslers ora doins a ime busincag and have been dotue so

sight slong. They have differcat vianc, however, which we @.-
investigating.

Ioam sure th

iy imoveved records and.

Hany ' ie) crag ise Case +8 Sg A
machines selling from {50 te jGO, ans the Diese machines at 380,

&100, $150, $200, Gave, ote., with gool eobinota, and a Little pros

perity for the workingmen, have nob had since 1907, and is

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exchange system for o18 tjpe mochine

to 2 great extent. So kotp at it

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Mr. We W. Nichols,

% Allis-Chalmers Manufacturing Co.,
30 Church Street,
New York.

Dear Mr. Nichols:
act that Mr. Blauvelt

nesday, I think

In view of the £

is to come out and see lire Edison next Wed

turn to you the correspondence
1, and therefore return herewith Mr.

I had better re that you
sent for his peruse
Blauvelt's letters together with copy of your letter to

him and the newspaper clipping.
Yours very truly,

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Dec. 4th, 1914

Hr. Edmund V. Parr,
L15 Liberty Street,
New York City.

Dear Sirs-
Please excuse the delay in replyiné to your favor

of the 12th ultimo. Tf nave been excoedingly busy the last few
lwiays open to consider letters of

Tet me say that I ama
criticism and suggestions,
aimed at keeping Up a hig

Woeks «
in fact, I am vory glad to

intelligent
h standard on my new

get thom. I have
1 try to maintain it -

aph, and shel
remarks that somo of

Let me say ain reply to you
e blasts
We had so much trouble

Disco phonogr

the records do plast. Somo of thes are due to the repro~

hem to the singer.
at we had to stop makin
cord, and 44 was alway

e fauit of the phonograph,

ducer, but many of t
g her records. One

with one of our singers th
g the game note.

of her notes plasted on every re
put

e we thought it was th

dovm we found it

gard to the stop, 1e

For a long tim

hy carefully tracing it
Now in re

was in the singer.

t me say that un-

fortunately, when we started making records, We had no stop. When
we got a stop 4 little later these records gave us trouble, out you
ras will be all right -
—_

WALL find that later reco
uzs very truly

Yo ;

Dec. 4th, 1914.

Baroness Cederstrom,
Craig-y-los Castile,
Penyoas, S.- O-,
Breconshire, England.
Dear Madam:- |
Through the courtesy of Prof. Luigi Romano,
ph, which you have kindly

I have received your photogra

autographed for me, and I desire to express ta you my appre~

The photograph haa been framed
Laboratozy-

ciation of your courtesy.

and is now hanging in my music room at the

Yours very trely, ———— “ty

107

December 7, 1914.

Mre We. W.. ‘Wachole,

Allis-Chalmers: Manufacturing Co.,
#30 Churoh St., .

New York oaty.

Dear Mr. Nichols:
. Tem‘ returning to you the letter written to you by Mr.
BH. de Freyn of tne Ts Koppers Oompany, which Mr. Edison has read with a
great deal offinterest.
ae I am algo® ensioaine” a letter from Mr. Geo. F. McKay, of
the. Otto: Coking Company. We had a talk with him one day last week about
Benzole, end he said that Mr. 8. H. Bingham of the American Tar Product
” QGompany was coming on to New York in a few days. We invited him to come
over to the Laboratory and talk with Mr. Faison about the Benzole situat
This morning I have received the enclosed letter from Mr. McKay, which Mr
Edison has seen. He suggests that I. send it to you, and ask you to read
it in the light of the letter from Mr. Freyn. The two letters do not
quite "jibe".
. Mr. Edison has written to Mr- Kuehn to ask him not to
contract up too tight, but to let him (Mr. Edigon) have a chance to buy

gome Benzole.

Yours very truly,

WWtlander ef

Asst. tu Ur. sa

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Dec. 4th, 1914.

| Mr. Geo. He Stevens,

a7 Orange Avenue, '
4 a tyvington, N. J-
a Dear Sir:-

I am in receipt of your favor of the and

instant, and also of a copy of your index of the compilation

which you nave made of all the public data of the world on

China Wood O11. Please accept my thanks for this.
I have experimented to a considerable extent

with this oil for aifferent uses, put so far have not found any-

b thing into which it fits. I intend to continue my experiments,
al later, and then

a and will probably find some use for the nateria

a I shall want your book. ae

SASS Sa A

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Dec. Sth, 1914.

Bethlehem Steel Company,
South Bethiehen,

Pas
Gentlemen:-

I am manufacturing Garbolic Acid synthetic-
ally for my own us6 in making phonogrephic records. In the
process I use Benzol, and 4m 4n need of & constant ‘aupply- As
this is obtainable from the tar or from the gas of by-product
ovens, I should be obliged 1£ you will favor m6 with replies

to the following questions:
1. Do you save the tar made from your by-product ovens?
2 If so, do you sell it?
3. How many ovens are you working?
as Do you use the gas in your engines or only for fuel?
Awaiting the favor of your reply, 1 remain

Yours very tru,

ca Faas C gees

113

Dec. Sth, 1914.

Cambria Steel Company,

Johnstown,

Pa.

Gentlemen:-
J am manufacturing Carbolic Acid synthetical-

ly for my own use in making phonograph recordBbe In the
# a constant supply. As
gas of by-product

ith replies

process I use Benzol, and am in need 0

this is obtainable from the tar or from the

ovens, I should be obliged if you will favor me W

to the following questions:

e tar made from your by-product ovens?

1. Do you save th
2. If so, do you sell it?

3. How many ovens are you working?

4. Do you use the gas in your engines or only for fuel?

Awaiting the favor of your reply,—t-—remajn

’
é

Yours yery-tFuly, we
ne

ent Ch. I SBOP ne

114

Dec. Sth, 1914.

Dominion Iron & Steel Company,
Sydney, Cape Breton,
Canada.
Gentlemen; -

I am manufacturing Carbolic Acid syuthetical-
ly for my own use in making phonograph records. In the process
I use Benzol, and am in need ofa constant supply- As this is
obtainable from the tar or from the gas of by-product ovens, I
ghould be obliged if you will favor me with replies to the follow-
ing questions;

1. Do you save the tar made from your by-product ovens?
2. Jf so, do you sell it?

3. How meny ovens are you working?

Ae Do you use the gas 4n your engines or only for fuel?

Awaiting the favor of your reply, I remain

Yours very Myo
Coles
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Dec. 8th, 1914.

ain is Broad Sezecty
Gentlemen:

We are in receipt of your favor of the 5th inst.,
which has been handed to Mr. Hdison. We return the letter of
Mr. Ae Be Chandler herewith. You can write to this gentleman
and tell him that we already have recorded "Old Kentucky Home",
gnd we expect to record "Home Again from a Foreign Shore". Mr.
Edison will get the music of "Zaurena", end if he finds it
suitable will probably record ite Juanita is being recorded,
and if the record passes Mr. Edison's judgment it will be put
out on our list.

) Yours very truly,

tha REN RAPTOR TE A 8

119

Dec. 7th, 1914,

Mr. A. L. Kuehn,

General Superintendent, :
American Tar Products Co.,

206 South LaSalle St.,

Chicago, [llinois

Dear Sirs-

I am in need of & constant supply of Benzol.

i am using near §00 gallons dally, and use it for making

Synthetic Carbolic Acid. This ie made ror my own use only,

in the manufacture of phonograph records.

I hope you will please not centract up too

tight with other parties. Kindly Jet me have a chance to buy

Deo. 6th, 1914.

Mise Mary Agnes Mullory,
331 8. Fourth Avenue,

Kankakee, I11.

Dear Madan:-
Your favor of the 23rd ultimo has

as we have beon engaging a number of

been referred to us,
We would say

on -Dise Phonograph.
that we only use mals demon-
put do not expect

demonstrators for the Edis

for your information, however,

strators. We have one female demonstrator,

o our staff for this purpose.

Yours very traly,
Edison. Laboratory.

Mii
—

to afd any more t

™.

Dec. Sth, 1914.

Mrs G. W. Winters,
Wichita,
Kansas -
Dear Sir:-

Your recent favor and sketches in regard to
spoaking tube for the Pictating Machine were received in due
GOUurse. We have submitted the same to our experts, who meke
the following report:

“We have always thought the use of a pneumatic pulb
q around the speaking tube makes & bunglesome arrange~
; mont and long 8g° decided in favor of our off-set
handle, which has universally proven popular.

Mr. Winters probably a@€oes not realize that any
attempt to entirely confine the voice within the
speaking tube makes an impossibie recording arrange-
ment owing to the muffled sound of the voice under
such conditions.

Evidently what the gentleman would Like would be
facilities to permit him to sit in a Lecture Hall oF
Convention and make & record on & dictating machine
j instead of using shorthand. This, of course, would
4 not be practical even though it @ere possible to
entirely confine the voice of the operator account of
the impossibility of following & speaker in this manner.
Mr. Winters will probably be interested to know that
; 4f ‘he will only pe patient, he will see developments
4 along this tine, from Edison, which will surpass his
wildest dream."

We return your sketches bY this mail.
Yours very traly,
Edison Laboratory.

‘

Dec. Sth, 1914.

Messrs. Harger & Blish,
ou deinen ewes
Gontlomen:-

JT have received your Letter enclosing the
complaint of your largest dealer about catalogs and the diffi-
culty of finding 4 record therein. Let me say for your
information that we are getting out a special catalog for
dealers, With all kinds of cross indexes, to help them find
gelections quickly - The reason I changed the catalog was that
I gave orders to save every cent we could in printing . and where
printing was unnecessary, 88 I wanted 4o save the money to be
used in improving the quality of the records.

Yours very a ;

a i —-

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Deo. Bth, 1914-

Harger & Blish,
811 Walnut Street,
Des Moines, Iowa.

Gent Llemen:

_ Among the advertisements that you sent me I
find a report made by one of your traveling men, « GC. Ao
Briggs. This report is returned to you herewith. What I am
going to write you now is confidential.

In a sense, Mrs. Smeltzer is right. The in-
terpretation of the Victor is dramatic. Qux interpretation is
lyric, but we shall be in &® position soon to produce dramatic
interpretation. You must remember however that it is only
good in Operatic music.

Opera talent have never made a success in Con-
cert work, except in 4& few cases. Their voices are trained
abnormally to overcome the great barns they sing in, together
with the hum of the people and the Large orchestra. When they
ging in Concert, the results are yidiculous. Their voices show
up glaring @efects, and as 4 majority have received their reputa-
tion by reason of pleasing personality ana fine acting, the public
4s led to believe by the Victor punk thet it is their voices which

ives them the reputation, and the public can hear them on their
machines Last Winter ell the critios of the New York papers
were pounding Toccanini, the Leader of the Orchestra for playing
go loud that it drowned the singers, whereas the fact was that he
was trying to save the reputation of the singers py covering UP
their defects by the misic of the Orchestras

If you listen to Victor quartettes and other
concerted pieces sung py their high grade taient, you will see
at the point where all sing together that it is only noise and has

no musical quality.

fo put it priefly, Grand Opera can never be
recorded successfully on & phonograph by using Dramatic singers
who sing in large Opera houses, for the reason that their voices
are especially trained to meet the adverse conditions. But you
will get Grand Opera on the Eaison records, sung dramatically with
beautiful voices, and the results will confirm what I say, and it
will not be Long pefore this happens.

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Mrs. Rosa M. Willson,

Huron,

Ohio.
Dear Mrs. Willson:

I am very glad to get your letter of November
26th, and am pleased to know that you received my previous
letter and the news you send brings pack years that seem to be
a long wayg off.

I am very glad to learn that you are in com-

fortable ciroumstanses, and not likely to be in want in your

old age. I trust that your remaining years may be spent in
health and comfort, and with all good wishes re

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Dec. 9th, 1914.

Mr. David Gibson, Publisher,
THE GROUND HOG,

601 Caxton Buiiding,
Cleveland, Ohio.

Dear Mr. Gihson:

I beg to acknowledge receipt of your favor of
the 3rd instant, and also of the copies of The Ground Hog,
which you were kind enough to send m. It is certainly 4
very interesting publication, and I trust 4t will do well.

I have shown it to.Mr. Edison, but could not
get him to express any opinion. These days he is very back~-
ward to express an opinion on this sort of thing, for if it
gets out before the public, we are simply inundated with a
Lot of letters, all of which he wants to avoide

trusting you are well, and with kina regards,

I remain
Yours very truly,

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Deo. 9th, 1914-

Mr. J. B. Taltavall

% The Telegraph and Telephone Age,
253 Broadway,

New York.

Dear Mr. Taltavall:

I beg you to excuse mo for being so long in
replying to your favor of the lst instant. ~ could not
reply to it until after the reports of our Recording Depart~
ment hai been Looked up in regard to the trial record made
by Misa Lucille Collette. It is with much regret that I am
obliged to inform you that Miss Collette's record was not
passed upon favorably py the committee or by Mr. Edison.

With kind regards, I romain

Yours very truly,

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The Editor,

THE DAYTON JOURNAL,
Dayton, Ohio.

Dear Sir:-

I have no doubt that the newspapers of Dayton
are receiving from a11 over the country felicitations upon
the great results that have been achieved in rehabilitating
your City and making it a more beautiful city than ever to
live in. bet me add a word of good cheer and congratula-
tion to your citizens for the fortitude which they have
displayed and the courage with which they have taken up 4
vast work and accomplished such wonders in so short a time.

Hurrah for American pluck!

Yours very truly; 7

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Deo. Sth, 1914.

Mr. Jesup WW. Scott,
2985 Pasadena Avenue,
Tos Angeles, Calif.

Dear Sir:-
I beg to acknowledge receipt of your favor of the

2eth ultimo, which was read with a great deal of interest, and its

soutents brings back to uy mind the days of the o1d Toledo office,
which I remember very well and also the Michigan and Southern office

and the Western Union up towne
In regard to your question as +o making an engine

work by explosives, I tried that many years ago for James Gorden

Bennett, using gun cotton for an explosive, ~ put one day the

explosion took place when it was not intended and I saw the great

danger of following up this attempt, so I gave it up. I scarcely
think that it is a safe proposition.

I am sorry that ny new Diamond Disc phonogreph
was not on the market ‘when you bought your Viotor. However, you
may some day be able to arrange an exchange with your dealer.

I am sending one of my photographs autographed

by this mail.

onan
Yours very truly, a

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9th, 1914.
Mr. Be Ae Whiting,
Box 231,
Aganquit, Maine.
Dear Sir:-
olmow Ledge receipt of &

It is rather tate to 6

put the fact is that your favor was

letter received in July,
Please

4a and has only just turned up by accident -

apologies.
You are right about the palancing of the volume

i am constantly 2

misla.
gacoept our

of chorus gingers. aving troubre in that
and then again

Sometimes the tenor predominates,

d@irection.
with twice the
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ent will blast out

or some ins trum
w starting & tot of 8

the soprano,
uld gives I am no pecial |
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volume it sho
minate these 4roubles

experiments to elt
tet me th

Ty }ind word 8 in

ank you for your ve
jne and records. after working

o the new Diso mach
o learn that

regard t
nerd for some years it is cortainly grasi fying t
+ out to ao,+to please Lovers

I have accomplished what I have Be

of real music e
Yours very sik aed

Mr, F. K. Dolbeer,
Victor Talking Machine Co.,
Credit Dept., Camden . N. J.

My dear Mr. Dolveeri=
Your letter of the 10th instant

received. Altho Mr. Edison is overwhelmed with letters

of every description and every minute of his time is

taken up relative to the reconstruction of the plant I

quote you nis reply:-

"Pell Dolveer the old man is a live wire.

is-now sizzling and will get back in tne game

very soon".

From all appearances 1+ Looks as

tho we will right ourselves in a very short while.

With kindest yegards, oeljeve me to be,

Yours very truly.

Secretary. °

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December 22, 1914.

Bond & Mortgage Guarantee Co.,
Mr. W. B. ‘Clarke, ‘Becretary.
176 Broadway, New York.

Dear Sir:-

Repiying to your letter of the 19th instant.

-] would’ ‘say ‘that I propose reducing: the’ mortgage
on No. 10 yifth “Avente, New york City, Fifteen thousand
doliara’ Januzry Lith 19325. and -fén thousand dollars
January 11th 1916,,ou condition that it be renewed for

“@irea yeaks at 63 % interest per year.

Plense have the wecesBary papers prepared in

the name of my wife Hina M. Edison, as formerly, and

oblige,
Yours say. 2

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Jan. 6, 1916.

Mr. D. M. Bliss,
Room 502,

New York Glty.
Dear Mr. Bliss:

I am in receipt of yowr favor of the 5th instant
in regard to Miss Gluck, and have consuited with Kr. Edison in
regard thereto. He says if ghe wishes to make a trial record,
she may go to our Racording Rovms at #79 Fifth Avenue and Lir.
Willer will take a trial record and send it over to Mr. Edison
for him to hear. Mr. Bdison would prefer to have her make a
racord of Sechmbert's Ave Naria.

This letter will be sufficient authority for Mr.
Miller to make the record.

With kind regards, I remain,

Yours very truly,

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Mr. W. C. Chapman,
Grovatowm, Ga.
Dear Sir:
Your favor of the 30th ultimo was received, and the

phonograph that you forwarded has also come te hand. 7 encicse

cheek for $20.00 in payment of same, a8 agreed. Had our corres-
pondence been before the disastrous fire ot my plant, I might
have been able to stretch the eheck a Little.

Please accapt my thanks for the holly and Georgia cotton
polls which you lindly enelosed in the tox-

Yours very truly

OT TAN ss
HTT PEELE TERT (ibrrincht erent cariveton tetas Be ec ota

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Jen. 6, 1915.

Mr. Mark Hyman,

Special Assistant to the Attorney General,
25 Broad Street,

New York City.

Dear Sir:
I am in receipt of your favor of the 5th instant, and

peg to say in reply that I shall be very glad to see you here at
the laboratory soma day next week. I would suggest an earlier

day if it were possible, but just now I an extremely busy on the

work of rehabilitating my large plant after the recent fire, and

some day next week will be more convenient for me to have a talk

with you.

I will have my Secretary write to you in the early part

of next week suggesting an appointment.

Yours very trlys7 7 a

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Jean. 6, 1915.

L. Rubbelli's Son,

Gent lam n:

Tam in receipt of your favor of the 5th instant in
regard to toluol. In reply let me say tht there is a yarty

now erecting a plant for absorbing benzol and toeluol from coke

oven gasas. This party can close arrangements for 90,000 gal-

lons per year, and I think bas capacity for consi derebly more.

Bow much do you want?

Yours sepaney, 7

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Jan. 7, 2915.

Ur. Joseph ¥. Hannen, Lipr..
Hangen Furniture and Musie Co..
Brigham City, Uten.

Dear Sir:

Your favor of tke 19th ultine to ir. vilgen nes been
hands te me fer attention. t regret thet there =as hear ose
moh delay in giving attention to thic :2nter
thet Mr. Edison only heard the eons "Hotin > Dear” « Little
while before tne fire, and wa nave bean 20 wheé aimee thet.
avent that our mail has bam yrer7y neh comgestec.

Ag I tole you when you “<ere mere. Ta. Bison passte
upon 211 mesic before ne allows it to te reqerdad Lor phonergrarh.
Ye said in regard te this song that it wae very nimiter to &
Large nusber of other gongs of the sams character, and while he
might pase it sometime in the future for receric, thare were
hundreds of other selections that would hsvs to reekive atten-
tion first.

Mr. Edison is the sole arbiter of all smaic that is
resorded, so ‘ve ahall nave to abide by hin desisten. T cannot
sive you any indtention as to when he wilh Prnally teaide wha ther
or not it is to be recorded.

Yorrs very truly,

A sesatant tomr, HAiedn,

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Jan. 7, 1916.

Ye. Bdward &. HeTivain, Prag-,
Lehigh Coke Company.
Sq. Bethlehem, Pa.

Dear Mr. Maliysin:

In accordased vith your request, Iam sena-
you the following #5 2 eonfirantion of the sessage whie® 1
fot tir. Mendovoreft to telephony yo today:

It would be ueedgas for ae to.up, as I hays
most of ny plant designed, and Imoe wmerg I san plase ny hand on
the material and shops te met: the yarts. YF think T cen ost it
in operation in 45 working days. As F mest here benzoi, I can-
not wait the slow action of repuler engineers and Boards ef Direc-
tors. I must place the plent comewhevs. Tr. Cary offers me a
glace atcns of his ylanta, tut it ig not se desirable a location
as yours. J heva been held up by tro other concerns already for
tro sonths by intersinable meetings 6£ Beerds of Direetors. =r
2 leeseeen is e ylain tusinasc ong, and the gemble in all on ay
side.

Broadly speaking, wy preroeition is te pub of
a ylient to refine the orwie ofl and ship pure benwl. ond tolnel,
and pay you 18 cents 2 gullon for all that in shipped. A to the
Xylol and solyet naphthe, I wil pey 10 cents a gallon, reserr-
ing the right to put it back tnto the gen if I cennot seli it.
The plant is to heve o capeeity af absorbing 1,000 csallons erage
dally on a three year contract. If you want to absorb more or 611
from your gas you pay for additiong, which ~ecid te easily otda.,
and we would operate on joint accomt 30 leng 88 17 bensci and
toluol do not eost any more than the price mamga. At the end of
thrse years Tam te hare th right to remove the plant, or you
may buy it at two-thirde of its original cost, and Teyv to ave
first call on the produet from 1,000 grltons of cmde for three
more years at the best market prics you can get from respossitlie
yerties. If von feel I am not offering the highest rrice, come
to Orange and Twill convince you to the contrary.

Z cou only hole this proresition open for s
few Gays, as avery day counts.

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Jan. 7, 1915.

My. S. w. Granan,
Graham liueie Stora,
Coluabus, Miss.
Dear Sir:

TF om in receirt of your favor of the second instant,
ané in reply would say that Port Myers is a very small torn,
and I doen't think it would support a desler in phonograrhs.
She climate is fins, except for two or threa hot months of the
year, ané then it isn't bad. It might pay you to go te Tanz,
as it is 2 lavge city and there is more business, and the eli-
mats i9 almost Like that of Fort Myera.

: Yours very trely,

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lr. >. 3. L. Lambert,
88 Nar] Avenue,
Lynbrook, T. ¥.

Dear Sir:

Replying to your favor af the fourth {Instant let me
say that I hove already pad Live Rigoletvo records <n by.
various singers, but so far none cf the reeorés suited me. Tf
hope to get a good one scon- 1 wil Lock into the matter of
the Trio fron the Prison Soene in Fansat.

Yours very traly,

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tir. W. We. Richards,

Develoyment Departrent ,

#, I. Du Pont de Nemours Povder Co.,
Wilpingten, Del.

Deur itr. Richards:

Iam in receipt of your favor of yesterday,
and voulé reply aa follows:

Regarding the toiling point, do I unferstand
that between 80° an& 92° C., will give me al2 the benzol there is
in the 9027 What J want is mock a botling point as will give me
oii the benso} with the enallest quantity of ™olnol.

Re garding United Stute Steel, I have the assae
vance of Lir. Gary that whatever cortracts they male I will get
whet bengol I need, Sut large corporat tong (and some smi ones)
move slorly, and T am no* soing te take any ghonees< "7?

Yours v

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Jan. &, 1915.

Mp. Bred Babson,
2dfsoen Shop,

475 2ifth Avenre,
New York OLt7.

Dear Sabson:

“his ig the way I am constantly irritated by ye orle
who, from a few instances in a special locality, throw cut
generalities, and thn otart in to @rav conclwions hased on
no informetion whatever.

In the first place, this sentiment o2 Artist dees
net exist. They care fer nothing tut money, end are perfectly
indifferent whether their records cound goon or not. ver if
they sine out of pitch they refwe te sing the selection over,
ana don't care if you rut it out or not. Secomi, we mve tried
and tumeé dowm nearly every Grand Oyers Artists, exceyt six or
seven that the Victor had tied up.

Je have records of Metropolitan Opers House Artists ec
follows: Ober, Fadski, Marsh, Jann, Althouse, Senbrich, BPrords,
Sehiepal, Forina, “human and Michene, tut we have rever put them
ont because possibly they are better actors than singers. Ve
have put out the following: Nartin, Reppold, Delne, Case, Des-
timn, Bori, Urilis, Martinelli, Macnes, Bonei , Cisneros, ang Sle-
sak.

nig leaves for the Victor: Caruso, omer, Wemes fre-
tired, voice gone}, Metrazcini, Nempel, Amato, Aida, Matueneuer,
Schuman-Heinck (voice gone), luck and MeCormiok. The real fact
is that it all bd Zorn to Carnso as the whole of the Viotor
ndavertising. In addition, we have triea nearly every one in the
Century Opers.

Thene Gran Opera voices are net adapted Lor Concert
worl, Hot a single concerted piece on the Victor by Opera Artists
ean be found that igs not full ef beats and interferences. The
phonogroph is a Lyric Snstrument, not a éranmatic one, because
Dramatic singing ie only goed when the cye as well es the car
work together. ie gondt there ere lots or people, a5 we know
by our recital reports, tmt ask why ve do not have the great
artists, + there are not samy. The sales sheets of a Victor
dealer rafute the statement treat Gra:d opera stuff are good

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the gcod tunes and popular stuff. FT do not want to co on the
game Lines aus the Viesor. I want to divergs and get the best
vojces, Grand Opere or not, and to arrange and record the bast
e not a great number bee
we are petting then.

tunes and beat inmsic. Ve hav

other things more important, but

NGS

I think my source Of information as te what the whole
United States wants is tetter than that of anyone ine
like New Yori, which is abnorml. Look at Victor advert
lately in New York. Is f{t any vonder the uninformed New Yorker
should ask for great sincera, not Imowing their reyutation is
due to geting and singing. Such people are not music lovers

and are never steady mMrers of records.

Yours very tray

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it falls ‘lat. They know the reucyrds are rotten, an? they by

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to. William T. Mayer, Treas.,
Albany Chemical Company,
2.24 Broadway,

Albany, !. ¥.

My daar Mr. Mayer:

Alloy m to exterd my Sireere thenks for your
very clear, explenstory favor of the Oth instant, in regard to
the matter of handling empty bpancol drums. I quite understand

why the Znglish ~iveted drum wuld not be satisfactory for your
pury ose,

Another way cut of the difficulty has, however,
oconrred to me, You ship acetone tc England in welded drums.
Could you not errangs with your English consignee to furnish
your drams to the party who is to chip my penzol? Then, when

receive the benzol in these drums, t gould have them washed out
very thoroughty efter being emptiec, and return your druns te
you for your use erain, paying the freight to 2» point to be naned
by you.

It strizes me that ¢hic soneme is workable te ow
avtual advantage as well os to the advantage of your English cuc-
tomer. How goes it strike you?

Yours very

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Yr. Chas. 0. Speirs,
Dd. You Postrana Compeny.
twenty-five Park Prece,
Yew Your city.

Hy 4car Mr. Speirs:

sam not sure yvinether or not Tf ansyvered the

isst poragrarh of yor fevor af the 30th ultime, asking whether
e Enoyol opedia of Chen-

you aghould send TEE sher volumes of th

“eat month. My answer

wYas", we want you +o ‘send us the succe ceding

gstry", of which you gent us volume one

to thin qastion is

volumes 35 they come out -
Youre ve

Asc otant 0 1ST» yaison.

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lig, BR. EH. Wager,
Room 401,

100 William Street,
Siew York City.
Near Sir;

Iam in receipt of your favor of the 7th instant,
in regard to use of storage tetteries om one car of each
snbway train. Your ides is a practicsl one, as every Sth
ear cowld be geared low and provided with a sterage lettery.
Such a car could shove eight other cars oni of danger, yos-

eibiy more.

Yours vary trily,

301

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Jan. 11, 1915.

Dr. Mdaware. Cranch,
815 Sassafras St.,
Erie, Pa

Dear Sir:

I have been preatiy interested in reading your ind
favor of the 6th instant ané write to thank you for all the
ood words which you heve been pleased to send me in regard to
my Diamond Dise Phonograyh. After working very herd for so
many years in striving to bring my ideals to perfection, it
gives me a great deal of pleasure to receive unsolicited letters
of commendation from those whom I've tried to please, nomely,
real lovers of good music.

Tam still doing a great deal of experimenting, and
after I've gone a Little Surther you will get some very fine
susie. I vould say in regard to your remarks about hearing the
words as well as the music, that we have a great deal of trouble
in getting singers to articuiete clearly, put we are constantly
trying to get them to improve along this line. It has heen sug-
geated that we print the words on the envelope containing the
yeeord, and we may yossible adopt this sugmestion after we set
straightened out from the recent fire.

Pleane accept my thanks for your expression of sympe-
thy in regard to the recent fire. We are working 2 large force
of men day and night to get back on our feet again, and we stall
once more be in fall swing in a very little while. We are al-
ready producing abont S000 of the cylindrical rue amhe rol re-
cords per day at this time.

Yours very truly,

ole

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Jar. LL, 1915.

ur. James Hovard Kehler,
3 Mitchell Fennerley,
32 Weot 58th Street,
New York Oity.
Dear Mr. Kehler:
I beg to extend my thanks to you for the conm-
pline ntary copy of your pook "An Open Letter to the Hati on
with ragard to a Peace Plan". I have read it md think the

{dea io fine as well as practical.

Yours very tmiy.

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* It affords me a ereat deal of real. pleasure to hear i
serimninating and en nthusiastic lover of muse , Like your- i
: it has been my ain to reach a high stan? ard in the re- i
cordd ne and Fereocucing. of high class select ti or an z Peele
a it is somewhat of 2 reward to beve the results <2 E auchy >) [
of sree wore So orouaily Sueecieted by you and obhe 28 4
nave real love for real msic. :
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I regret very mich that it is not possible at this :
get you a copy of the disc record “Home, Sweet Hore". A LL1 i
‘e not sola were éestroyed in the Tires and there ja not E
_be ned, tat if you will write wm ogein in ahout tre A
think T shall hove our presses in cpe eration ,and ther 1 ;
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Jan. 12, 1915.

Miss Jeanette Marks,
President's House,
South Hadley, Mass.

Dear Miss Marks:

Iam in receiyt of yeur favor of the 6th in-
stant, enclosing a scenario for a motion picture, entitled
"A Yolsh Cuckoo". If I were in the hebit of looking over
these acenarios myself, I should be very glad to do it in
this yarticuwlar casa. The fact is, however, that all this
work is dome eat our moving picture Studio in the Bronx, and
I have gent your letter and scenario to the Manager, lr. H. OG.
Plimpton, with the request that he will look over the scenario
and communicate with you directly. I trust, for your sake,
that you may receive a favorable answer.

I note that you have sent me a copy of your
fother'’s last book "Practical Rate Making". I shall be very
glad to look over this wher if is received.

Yours very truly,

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wir. i. G, Plimpton, lgr.,
Negative Department,

2826 Decatur Avenue,
Bronx, N. Y.

Dear Mr. Plimpton:

I am enclosing herewith a letter from
the daughter of one of my old electric light associates,
Williem D. Marks, and I've written to her trt the mtter
has been referred to you and that you will communicate

directly with her.

Yours very truly.

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Mr. VW. WW. Piehura
Development Deyo
H. I. Du Pont de Nemours Powder Co.
fitaington, Del,

Dear Mr. Righards.

: Fan in reseipt of your fever of yesterday's
date. In veply let me say Y am nagogieting with the Lehiph Coke
Company to put up my plant, but there are two things in the way.

(1), The gas from their present plant is oo
poor Ghat they dare not take sny cil out of it,

(e]. It 4s qyned in Gemmeny, ana they ean de
nothing without the consent of the Board of Directors in Tereany
Vou “mow what that means. rsir new ovens will he runnines

', they told ne, and then Tomy fio something.

many event, if any of these ypacyle decide to

rut plants in themeelves, it will throvy more bensol and toluel on

the carhkat. The only treuble is vill take then ; The
bile their plent. That

$
Lucvawanna is going te have the/erc
neone one year, wherass, forty-five working dayo Le O24 Prong .
erent
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Yours very trriy .
ai

BQ?

coitr. 43, 1915.

li. Ww. OH, Blanvert ,
sdmet-Solvay Co.,
Syracuse, I. Y.
Dear Mr. Blauvelt:

I take the liberty of coming to you for some
{nformation, end trust you vill kindly favor me with answere
to the following questions:

{rst. When I am ready to we absorbing oil,
what shall I ask the Standard O11 Comrany to furnish?

Second. Can you give me the boiling points of

the different fractions of the absorbing 011?

Yours vary

829

Jan. 13, 1915.

tir. D. @. Richardson,
Atlos Export & Trading Co.,
29 Brondwoy,

Yer York City.

Deer Yir:

I am in receipt of your favor of the Ll2th instent.
Hy. Stecher must have utisunderatood me at our interview. TJ
T

dia not say mything ebout Naphthaline, put stated that fT

would have Xylol and Selvent Nephthe (coal tar Yaphths). The

latter is used extensively for ee
Yours very tTily, . ,

as. os Gg Gis Be oe

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My. Edwin E. Slick, S /

‘ Vice President and General Monacer
| Cambria Steel Company, eee
| Johnstown, Pa.

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setipens Stee vetne &

Dear Sir:
Your gavor of the Lith instant has been received to-

dey, and I would say in reference thereto that you have proba-

|
| j bly seen ny Engineer today, and have received information from

| him as to character of plant and the other points you mention.

He mipht not have been evle to give you figure 4s to
I cannot state the exact amonnt
$25 000.

the cost of the original plant.

yet, but it will be in the neighborhood of $20,000 to

If wa close the arrengement whereby I put in & penz02.

plant at your Coke ovens according to my proposal of January

Vth, you wilh certainty be qmit: welcome to meke full end free
use of my designs, ete., in eh FOU wish to instell simiicr

apparatus at the other Coxe plans.

meets

Yours vary

347

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( ae Jan. 14, 1915.
lh. ay R. Rogers,

Commissioner of Education
200 Fifth Avenue,
New York City.

Dear Sir:

Your favor of the 1Zth instant in regard to msking an
Bhbit at the First National lade in the U. 8. AL Industrial
Exposition. wWhiie I thank you for the opportunity offercd, let
me say that it is simply impossible for me to consider the matter
at this time. We hove recently maa disastrous fire at my plant,
anc I am vyerking every moment day and night on its rehabilitation
ang reconstruction, and I cannot divert ny attention from this
work, which is the most easential thing to me at the present tim.

I thank you for your racent invitation to becoma a men-
ber of the Advisory Committse. Just now when our regular routine
is much disturbed, the letter has protehly been mislaid. How-
aver, let me say in regard to this that I have decided to keep
owb of matters of a public nature. An acceptance of this position
voulé bring large additions to my mil, and this I wet to avoid
as much as possible.

Yours very truly,

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Jan. 16, 1915.

tir, H.C. Folger, dr., Bresitent,
Standard O11 Gompmy of New York,
26 Broadway, NW. TY. City.

ve.

Dear Ic. Folger:

Allow me to express ny sincere thenis for your
vind favor of the 14th instant in cd pe te the metter of trans-
portation of densel from England to the United States.

iy ming is very much relieved as I lesrn from
your letter thet you will secommodate me by carrying some drums
of bensol on your retnming of1 steamrsa. The feel on of
freiphts on these shipments hes been piving me much concern. T
Shall commmicate with you when IT am ready to meke shipments,
which will not be previons to the first of Pabruery. I would
remove the drums from Bayonne to my laboratary.

Once more expressing ny eyyreciation of your cour-

teay and prompt response, I remain, a
Yours very vs ,
oN
Aes tA i_cisori—

Eng eapepenetesnbaael’ Asti Bvt as

ara say

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Yr. @. 7. Richards,

Deyslopment Department.

= t. De Pont de Wenours Powder Ct.,
W4imington, Del.

Baar ty Richards:

Your faver of the 14th inatant to Tix. Headow~
croft hag bean leged before ™, ana I bes to sey in reply that I
am 30 overloaded with york , including that ralating to the design-
ing of my benzol absorbing plant, tha st is amply lmposaible for
mz $o find time to do enything zyst now sbout the phenol scheme.
Y a@on't see how I shall be any jess busy for the next four or Live
weeks, and therefore it might probably be well for you to take up
the mtter vith gomeone else “ho can give you more mediate assis-
vaNic @.

: In vaegard to the toluel from ny benzol absorb
ine ond refining plent T om replly mot ready to say anything defi-
nite stout it. The trouble is thet every moment of ny time is
abe the interests of the immediate present, ond Ian obliged
o gait awhile before deciding about the future.

Yours very

pie bit baila moe rats

Jan» 18, 1915.

Mr. Witjian Barbour, Pres.,
The Linen fhread Company,
96 & 98 BPranklin Street,
New York Oity,

Dear Mr. Barhopr:

I beg to acknowledge receipt of your favor of the
5th instant, in ragurd to electing me as one of the Managers of
the American Protective Tariff League. I received a letter about
this from Mr. Wakemun, and enclose you a copy of ny reply to hin,
which I think will be self explanatory.

I regret that I cannot see my way clear to join

your organization, and think that you will appreciate the reasou

as given in 1, ietter to tir. Vokems, ay
Yo very truly, a

V4 Cees

ESET ETS Pere
SEER ERED)

Jon, 18, 1915.

Dy. John Grier Hibben,
president, Princeton University,
Princeton, }, J.

iw dear Mr. Hibben:
fo be quite frank, I an compelled to admit a

considerable degree of enbarrassment in replying to your kind
favor of the 15th inatant. I am keenly sensible of the hon-
or that has already been conferred upon me by the ection of

your Board of Trustees, and apyreciate it very highly, but

the thought of facing a erovd of yeopie 2ills me with a ner-

yous arprehension. It has bean se all through my life, and

inereasing years have not prought any chenge in this repard.

It is positively beyond 3 +o face a large audience.
Shen, again, it would be omt of my power to make

an uyppointment for June. tj fectories were burned out a Law

weekr ago, and I am concentrating all my energies on their re-

storation and the resumption oF business. Beside, I am obliged

to design and equip three new plents for manufacturing products

formerly imported by me “rom England and Germany. You will see,

Sherefore, how impossible it {a for ~ to make appointments for

the future.
I think the cause of my embarrassment will te

cleus to you.

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Jan. 19, 1915.

Hon. John L. Bingk,
Iayor, Port Huron,
Wichi gan.

Dear Sir:
Ll reeeived your telegram of the 15th instant, in re-
a for the home-coming week thie summer.

nt aisas-

gard to arrazgeing 8 dat
In reply let me say that owing to the rece

trous fire at my plant, I have been budy day and night ever

econstruct the plant ond for a regulation of
time, and 30

since working to r
business. This has occupied every moment of my
11 be busily oceupied Lor geveral months
a to design and

far as I can see now T sha
for the further reeson that IT am oblige
ydans to make products thich

to come,
equip three (3) new manufacturing

2 used to import from Mmgland and Germany.
You will sea therefore that it is utterly impossible

for me to arrange any dates so far ahead. 7 ghall te unable to
go te Floride, and if T can possibly take a Little time off at

ave promised my wife and family to go to the

all this year I he
Penama Exposition. I eannot tell however whet I ghall be able

en ag to this, aid am quite sure that I connot arrange for

to do eve
nO Glace

any home-coming week this year.

Yours v4

390

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ornate

eres

lr. 7d. B. Ballant ie,
Engineer and Manager,
Silver Plune Reluetion Co.,
Silver Plume, Colo.

Denr "ir. Ballantine:

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RN am ee he

Saris

I teg to acimnmowledge reecipt of your favor
cf the i:.uh Instant, which was read with a great deal of inter
{ ent. Both Mr. Edison and I have wondered many times what pro-
: press you were meling. He iu very gled to have this present re-
yort, ag it shores him where you now stand, and it is elso en-
cournginsg from the fact that you look forward to 2 br ip¢at future.

pore Taes

You moy still imagine thet we heave hed some
pretty Lively times here since the fire. Ur. Edison has been
full of vin and ombition to get started up again uuickly. You
imow vet he fa when ke thinks he can get a gcb fone quickly,
an? there £3 no need for me to tell you thet we have all been
on the Jun.

ie are making very food yrogress, onda are
4 pack in Building 24, here the fire wes very pad. We have been
mamifacturing blue emberol records fox steut ten (10) days and
are just nov starting on the disc recora€s. I éen't tmow whether
or rot rou had any pictures cf the fire, no I will ecend you 2
copy of the Héiseon Yonthly Ter your information.

With king regards, IT remain,

Yours very trulr,

i agsistant te Ir. BieSon,

393

Jan. 20, 1915,

tir. @. H. Blauvelt,
Consulting Engineer,
Semet-Solvay Company,
Syracuse, UW. Y.

iy dear tf. Blauvelt:

I'm going to trouble you once
more, and that is,by asking you if you will kind-
ly inform me what branch of the Standard 012 I
should apply to to obtain the absorbing o11. They
Rave so many branches, that I want to meke sure of
applying to the right one.

Thanking you in advance for your

courtesy, T remotn,

Yours ve

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ree
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Tees

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Poets
Se Kare

y. B. Badger & Sons Company,
63 - 75 Pitts Street,
Boston, Hass.

Dear lr. Campbell:

to the young ch

the matter and he

commended by Prof. aa ker.

sight along every aay,

A lir. C. L. Campbell, Chemical Engineer,

I expect that ir. Baien will be here

vise me any day he is coming.
Yours very trely,

plies
£ i] aia 2

Assistant to tir. Bai

Jen. 81, 1915.

pit it might be well for tre young men to

id
4.

gon.

Replying to yow favor of the 19th instant in regard
amist let me say that I heve consulted Hr. Edisnn on
said that he will be giad to see the young man re-

ed-

396

Jan. 21, 1915.

Hr. C. L. Campbell, Chemical Engineer,
E. B. Badger & Sons Company,

63-75 Pitts Street,

Boston, Lass.

Dear Hr. Campbell:

Tamin receipt of your favor of the 20th in-

stant in regard to changing of the plants in order tmt the
still may be used for refining toluol. This has been laid
before ifr. Faison, and he hao noteé your statement on this
subject.

You ask later on in your letter whether lr.
Edison wishes you to render any essistance in the preparation
of the plants for the supporting frame work. We heve tele-
graphed you this morning that we already have drawings for the
frame work following out your sketch sent to us 2 few days ago.
In regard to Hr. Lunt, Mr. Edigon says it will de satisfactory
if he will come here on Saturday.

I think you will be glad to see frem the tele-
gram that Ur. Edison thinks he has a chance to put in two more

stills in a naw plant.
Yours very truly,

Ht Pe oe

Assistant to Mir. Bdison.

397

Jan, £1, 1915,

Cambria Steel Company,
Johnstown, Pa,

Gentlemen:

I write to confirn the folloving order which was given
to you in ny behalf by my Engineer, Ir. iW. 3, Mason on the 19th
instant. It is ag follows ,

“Please furnish material and do all necessary work to
construct a benz

Ol absorbing ana distilling plant, per drawings
suprlied by Thomas 4, Sdison. The actual cost of this work, plus

15 to cover supervision and overhead, will be billed nonthly to
ir. Edigon. ly, &

~dison will enploy to inspectors to supervise
the building o? the plant, who will be supplied all Necessary data
for checking the time and material as the wort progrecces.

It in estimted that the building wilt cost, erected,
$60.00 a ton for structural meterial, and that corrugated steel
roof and sides will cost, ereote:, eleven cents rer souare Loot.
The tank zor and gas yiring is esfimsted at three cents a pound ,

erected complete. The wstimate cost of excavation is $1.50 per
yard and conerete $6.00 a yura.” —

Very truly oe
ween
CU eg
ACSA ake

398

Jon. 21, 1915.

ly. Merlin Davies,
Kin& George Apts.,
Oldfield Avenue,
Montreal, Can.

Dear Sir:

I am in receipt of your recent favor, and beg to cay
ia reply that we ore nov ready to take a trial recoré of your
voice. If you are coming to Kew York, and will call at our
Recording Office, #79 7ifth Avenue, in that city end present
this letter to Mir. Walter H. Willer, the Momger, he will have
a trial dise record mde, which will be sent over to bi. Edison
for his hearing.

It is understood, of course, tht we do not pey ex
penses of singers coming to meke trial recoris.

Yours very traly,
a2 A fs

Assistant to ir. Edimn.
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Mr. Re PR. Wykes, !
% The Arcade 8
Northampton, England.

Dear Mees lonet: . are
ae write ‘to acknowledge receipt of your

whee

“of the @nd ‘Gnetant, and to thank you for yo
e at my Plant. We have

that 1 feel as

favor

ur expression of

sympathy in regard to the recent fir
n the iast few weeks,

made such big progress L
a "recent", ag so much

4f I almost ought to take back that wor
ry ago than five weeks »
Blue. Amberol

has happened that it seoms Longo
e started again making the

ut the Diss record.
A-80

tye Se - We hav
we shall soon be turing .o
a phonographs today of the

ull swing all

records, and

At We are making over one hundre
t type, and it will not be long before we are inf

along the line.
T am glad to hear that you are doing so well

|
with the Edison ‘goods, end trust that this ae will be one of

rosperity with you.
Yours very truly,

unexampled p

vee
—
OF

lirs. 3. Arthur Dole,
55 Buell Street,
Burlington, vt.

Ties to usiknosledge receiyt of your kiné favor of
the L5th imtant, and usstre you that it gives me a great deal
of rleasure to read your exprescion of orinion in regard to
toth the Cise and erlinter phonesrarhs. Letters of thir tind
atfor’ me a weouller pleamtrc, hecauce I vealise thereby that

T have come rrettr near cyprroaching the high standard Sor which

T heave been latoring hard so many years, nanely the vleasing of

Tovers of goose music.

Towoulé sey in regard te the selection im méione? that

Iosbll anve our Musto Department obtain the misie for ne,
efter which I will heur ft und see t2 it wit be anceeptable Ser

-, aes t sae hi - a ~ +

one of ow comereial reecras. it will rretabis he tee cr ree
3 ~—- ya errr | me ty Os

weaks before I can reach thts, Tanvery beer ley aie nicht

on the reconstruc tion ane yenahtititotton «& ow plent here alter

the @husstrous fire we hac dast vonth.
Chanking you Tor ycaue Ye titer, IT vemein,

Wes eit $2
aor 3 Vol 4

433

January 2end, 1915.

Mr. Geo. Orr, Supt.,
Benj. Rose Estate,
1027 Rose Building,
Cleveland, Ohio.

Dear Sir;-

Your favor of the 14th instant has been
handed to Mr. Edison. He has noted your desire to have a
record made of the selection entitled "Father lead me by
Thy Hand", by Butterfield.

He has instructed the head of our Music
Department to obtain the music of this selection, which he will
have sung to him in due time, and if he regards it as suitable
for our records he will have the same reaorded.

Yours very truly,
Edison Laboratory,

eee!

Ca
n

Jam. 21, 1915. \

ty. W, W. Richards,
Development Departm nt,
5. I. Dm Pont de Nemours Powder Co.,
Wilmingtr n, Del.
Dear Mk. Richards:
PLease exouse the delay in replying to your favor
of the 18th instant. I have beer busy every moment.
Now, in regard to coming to any understanding as
to the price of toluol, I feel a great disinclination to put a
price on something which I have not yet rreavova. You must please
bear in mind that this plant will be oy first experiance in absor-
bing and refining benzol and toluol on a comercial scale, and I 4
went to see the plant in actual operation before stating any prices.
I think you will be qite ready to admit that I am fair and reamn-
able, so, if you please, we'll let it go at thet for the time being.

Yours very truly,

444

Jan. 22,,1915.

Hx. Albert J. Ongood,
1625 EH Street Northwest,
deohington, D. C.

Dear Sir:

Your favor of the 16th instant has been received, amd
in reply I beg to sey thet I cannot consider your yroposition
favorably. We have had such bed experiences in the motion yic-
ture business in China that we do not want to do enything more
in thic lineout there.

Yours very truly.

Jan. 2, 1915.

tr. James H. White,
#Llm Stock Company, Inc.,
ee aye

Dear lf. white:

Your favor of the 19th instent was received, ma I
had a talk with Lir. Eéigon about it. He wants m to say that no
carbolic acid ig made in the United States except by himself and
as he makes this for his orm use for phonograph records, there is
no picric acid being made in this country. He is not fixed up
to make it from carbolic acid.

Yours very truly,
Pen ne 2.
7 /

Assistant to Lr. Edison.

or
nee

irs. 7, P. Chalmers,
1155 Farwell Aveme,
Chisago, T11.

Dear lirs. Chaluers:

‘i At last Y am ina position te report to you
in regard to the record which you mde at our New York Recording
Rooms, but I regret to say thet the report 711) not fulfill your
expectations. ‘ff. Ecéleon personally presses upon ell records that
are made, and he ?inda tiet vourvoice is not suitable for neking
yhonorrerh records for ne. The chief trocbie, so far agutis orin-
jor gees, it mas a very rapid tremolo, which is chjectionable from
his standpoint. Ze says in his remrks thet until you could
master this tremolo we could not take eny aongs for cose rcial

yurposes.

Naturaliy you will say that this tremolo ves
eaused ty nervousness, but ke can distin sh tetween nervous-
ness and a real tremolo. It will protably be rev to you when I
State that a gingers brain is not conscious of 2 real tremolo in
the singer's voize. Very often, it cannot be heard by a secorh
person, umiless the; listen intently with their ear only about
« foot avay from the singer's mouth.

lr. Edison thinks that the tremolo ig me to
some mechanical (musouler) trouble which can possibly be remedied
cy incessant yractice.

Yours very trely,

AsSistent to Ir. Edison.

: i ; al .
Jan. 25, 1915.

Hon. Calvin D. Paige,
Za District Massachusetts,
House of Representatives Ura S.,

Washington, D- Cc.
Ny dear Sir:
Iam in receip

+ of your fevor of the 20th instant,

H. RB. LOL8T. alt of which has had

together with copy of BALL

ny care fuk attention.
As you are probably
factories here lest mo

there wes @ Very destruc-

mth, end the work of re-

AIOE »

tive fire at nY
at that I en yept psy

ehabilitation 1s go gre

cons traotion andi r
gat. At this time T

am go over rked

dey and ni

every none nt ,
e or even find

thet I simply could not
ste anything on t

go before the committe
time to wr he subject. Tt must ask

sidered 8S exoused.

Yours very truly,

ea to be con-

475

Jen. 26, 1915.

Yr, Nathan H. Alterman,

Moeneging Director,

The Hew York Music Lovers Society,
Shirty-five East Second Street,
New York City.

Dear Sir:

Your favor of the Slet instant to Mr. Edison has been
received, and he requests me to say that he will be giad to see
you whenever it is convenient for you to call. As I remember it
you rather prefer to call ona Saturday afternoon. [If this le
your wish, you may call on Saturdsey afternoon of thie week sny-
time between two and five o'clock.

The way to get here is to take the Leckavenna feil-
ronda ena get off at Orange, then walk up one biovk to the main

stree’ and take & trolley car for West Orange.
Ask in the Gate Heuse

ents whl bring

you right to the door in a few minutes.
vy the brick pbuilding for me and I will errange for you to see

tir. Bdison.
\ Yours very truely,
Yiu, 2
Aye fe? MONS a5
O eee CEOS BO eS a

Assistant to Mr. Edisop.

| ? e as dna. 7 < 1915.

kr. eG. Clark, Chief imgincer,
Canbria Steel Conpan:,
Jonnstowm, Ta.
Dear Mr. Clarice:
This is to confirm telesram of even dante.
In reference to the above I find on re-
turning here it is necessary to set the stills in the
pnilding at sneh 2 height that the refined washed-oil
wT) crevitate into one af the sic thousend gellion
tenks, settiig fust infront of your acid storage
tanks. In faces it will be necessary to have the hottom
o? ene of these oim thousand gallon tanks at an ele-
wetton of tvelve ninety. The elevation of the other

ote thousang collon tani and the tio one thousand

gellon tanks is not material, and meybe anything be-
teeen the elevation shorn in your drawing 125447,

and an elevation of ‘welve ninety to suit your con-

venience.

Yours very truly,

a
“et

aa ret,

iH
ka

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aoa

Jon. 26, 1915.

Yr. rec H. vhitiug,
Praninghan Inprovement .cocele tion,
Promingham, Maso.

Dear Tr. dhitinuge:
Your very yind and interesting foyer of the

eed instant has beca received pnd I kare considered it very
aarefultg. Io whali be very mich interested to hear from you
trom time to tine in regard to the results of your observu-
Stones vou make on the Qifferent classes of noise mede by dif-
rervent tyyes of records, expecially af your cbsexvations in-
dicate definitely that there is 2 difference in these records.
4 4ob in to eliminate ony noipe whatever, ond Tan hor-

ing ang expect ing thet anecese will attend my efforts sooner

or later.

Tet me say Tor your trtormation +net we are nay

lar to the $250 instrument, but we camot go any cheaper in that
. - . Aa of g

txpe without sacrificed ms the metity of certain «inds 0+ records

“ich 1 am striving te bring out, nemely, records of lnrge or-

chestreas end of all of Reethoven's music.

Yours very tmuly,

Jan. 27, 1915,

£. 3B. Badger & Sons fo.,
65 - 75 Pitts Street,
Boston, Mass. —

Gentlemen:

Iowrite just to let you khow that we are running

a
race with others in repard to the installation of the benvol

atcerbing am distilling plant, and thet everything else will
be well ahead of the stills, so every day thet you can save
will be one more feather in ycur cap. I hope that this word
will be an incentive to you to cut off every day you possibly
can and forestall as much as roagible the promised date of
delivery of the stills.

When you ere a Little nearer to the point o7 chirping,

- eo 4% tops
d please let me know so thet we can mod Oe ur the ehiprant yy eee
2h Mow tn Core

0 * fi
Forycr tr. UN
from your plage. by arnanm Ws ane

eee
Yours verytinily,
ae

Pere eaeren argo ea eS oR CEA

Jan. 27, 1915,

air. EL oW, Clark, Chief Engineer,
Cambria Steel Conrany,
Tohnstowm , Pa.

Dear Nr. Clark:

am in receipt of your favor of the 25th instant,
and would say in veply that Mr. Maser eer give you all the de-
teils and partionte-.5 in regard to ths exushing rells that y
Ze is very familiar with them, and I would surpest
your having a talk with him when he comes

forbs
mention.
again to your plant.

In reperc to the water and steam required by the
stiile and other arprsrairs in the benzol xecevery tuilding. I
Wilt give yon this infommetion a little later, mt in plenty of
time so that there will he no delay on thet accou

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Jeon. 28, 1518.

Mr. £. WF. Clark, Chie? Ingineer,

Cambrice, Steel Company,
Johustorm, Pa.

Dear lir. Clark:

Enclosed you will find « pencil sletch which shove
three types of tomis. The Company we have been cerending upon to
make theae tanko, are falling @om on their work, ond we would Like
to imow if you could mike these in yeur boiler shop. If reossiblie,
we will need them in about two or three yeeka. We want one three
foet b> five foot tenk as shorn, with a loose top, one three feot
pr Five foot with reasonably tipht top, riveted in, and three
three foot six inches by fourteen foot tanks with pipe coannection
ag ohomm. There is nothing very partioler about these tenks .

If they ave good enough for twenty or thirty pounds pressure it
sAlL be ample. We would suggest tit it be mide of one-fourth
inch plate.

2, for any reason, you cannot hendle this vork,

at the present time, please etre me ond I will arrange to have

it done elsewhere.

Yours very truly,

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Jen. 27, 1915.

Dr. J. S. Corey,
Progressive Publishing Co.,
523 Vest Zighth Street,
Los Angeles, Cal.
Dear Sir:
Your fevor of the 18th instant in regard te your book
"The Soul, Its Organ and Development” hes been received. I note
your offer to send me a copy for exemination, and shall be pleased

to have you do so.

Yours very truly,

Jan. 28, 1916.

Inieneg Steel Comyeny,
Indien Hartor, Ind.

Gentlemen:

Jonld your Company consider a propossl from me for me to
erect a casll Benzol Absorbing Plant at your works for absorbing
ne Bencel wrdrecarbona 2rem your gas. It noes ca. iappreciatle
difference in the heat‘ng salue of the gas, md vould tring you
in quite x revenue. It requires a specially desi med upyporstne te
werreut lts erection for go wmell a nunter oF ovens os peu have-
Te tt nots interfere in the slightest with your present metheé

whee ROG CEete wad

Yours very truly,

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don. 28, 1915.

doodward Iron Co, :
Joodward, Ala.

Cerntlemen:

Vould your Compang consider a Troposal from m for me to
erect a small Benzol Absorhing Plant at your varks for absorbing
the Bensol hydrocarbons from your ges. It mkes an unarypreciatls
difference in the heating volue of the gas, and would bring yeu
in guite 2 revenue. It recuires a specially designe? arreratuc ta
warrant (ta erection for co smll vw number of ovens 2g you here .
Tt will not interfere in the slightest with your present vethod of
operating.

Yours very trely,

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Dee, th, 1914.

Lembie:

Allow me to express my appreckathon of sympathy in re
pard to the recent fire at my plant, and to thar’: you for your
sood wishes.

I em glad to eay that my concrete tuildings were not
mich hnrt, and they cen be repaired. We axe hard at works nor.

2rom wheat I hear, yao are doing well with you system
of Steel Pormn for casting concrete howes commercially.

I hope you rth. east the entire house at onee hefore
yon cet throngh-

ind to note that you sre so vel? Ti. se @ in talring my
advice to ~o inte this tastiecs. The Srture poics much for ine
ponzed concrete house. va

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262 Pearl Ceypect
New York Ciuy.

Dear Sir:

Your favor of the 27th instant to lf. Edison was re-

ceived and laid before him. He says that if you wish you might

come out and sec him ondke will talk this matter over with you.
If you want to com to-morrow, anytime during the day up to

four o'clock will be all right. Perhaps you had better: tele -

phone me before you come ont.

Yours very truly,
Aah Bae,
Gof Ss Reset a wy
Assistant to Mir. Edison.

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Jan. 29, 1915.

First Ward Local ‘Interest Ciub of East Orange,
My. Bloomfield, Chairman,

The Complaint Committee,

46 Bast Park Street,

East Orange, MN. J.

Dear Sir:

Your favor of DScember 14th in regard to the matter of
purifying the water of the stream flowing through our works was
duly received.

I have been heving the matter thoroughly investigated
and nov beg to say tmt there is nothing discharged from our
Phonograph Plant or from the Storage Battery Plant that contains
any organic matter, and therefore these discharges can have no
offensive smell. A small amount of blue dye is discharged also,
put this is nonputrefactive.

We discharge Sulphate of Iron, also Sodium Hypochlori te
into the stream, but both of these substances are universally we
for disinfecting putrifying organic matter,

I think there maybe something from the wnt Shops further
up the stream, which ooming in contact with the Sulphate of Iron
from our factory, produces some chemical reaction. We will make
some further investigat Lona as soon a9 the water gets lover.

Yours very trury,

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Jan. 30th, 1915.

Miss E. H. Xnebler,
177 Wilford Avenue,
Newark, N. J.
Dear Madam:-
Your favor of. the 26th instant has been
receivad. © Mr. Edison requests us to say that if-you
Imow "The Three Bears", you may come over here to the
Laboratory and we Will have our experts make a trial record.
He mentions this selection because we have had other readers
make trial records of it, and keep them all for comparison.
If you come over, please ask for Mr.
Meadowcroft. The best way would be for you to telephone
in advance of your coming, so as to make sure that our
Recording man will be here.
Yours very truly,
Edison Laboratory.

Jan. 30th, 1925.

Butte Phonograph Co.,
Butte,

Montana.

Gentlemen :-

Your favor of the 20th instant came dviy
to hand, end I beg to say in reply that the "Dorothy Three-
Step" has been recorded and will be put out on thé market

just as soon as it comes through the factory. ‘he sume

is engaged with "La Furlana".

As to the Brazilian Polka, you will find
it has been recurded on the Blue Amberol, record #2518,

February lisi.

Yours very truly,

Jan. 30th, 1915.

Bone: He: Snowden: Marshall,
Ynited States. Attorney,
Department of Justice, .
New. York. >

Dear Sir t-

Tt fave. received your favor of the 25th inst.,.

asking me to hola myself ‘in readiness: to attend and. testify

in the case of United. States VS. Carawell et al on some date

in February. .
Nay I ask:whether you could not take my testi-
mony hers, by aensleston, as Tr enn. ‘dizecting the work of 1700

my fa? sory. pack into active ‘operation. afias

‘men 89 a3

the c hae -
evitably €¢

4£ 57 aL be se dag nsaen :
Yours very traly,

; iy

Beb. 1, 1915.

The New England Gas and Coke Co.,
Santee
Gentlemen:

Your favor of the 30th ultimo has been received,
Yould you consider a proposition from me pérsonally to put
up en absorbing plant at my own expensé, givirig me ao three
year contract to take your benzold hydrocarbons and refine
them, T paying you cash for all shipred away. You would
have the option to tuy the plant at the end of the contract
period at trvo-thirds of its cost{which 19 vexy xeasoneble},
or I to have the right to remove the plant.

I oan erect a ylent to absorb three thousand
gallons of crude per day in sixty-five working~teys.

Yours very truly,

A iG Crceces

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BPeb. 2, 1915.

th. 2, Lallott, fr.,

Durchasing Deyartnant,

E. I. Du Pont de Nemours Powder Co.
dAlaineton, Del. :

Dear Sir;

Our purchesing department has gt E

; purehs tpar mt has #nown we your favor cit
the 29th ultimo in regard to the variogs chinments of tenzol sent
Go youn to be fractionated.

tir, Beeming, our rennsing agent, ig writing ta ye
to-day siving you the nnnbere o” Aras and Wiles aete ia care
gard to the tvo chipments of 90,3 benzol sade br wy to your Farlin
jorzs. She whipnents I refer to, were one of 11,536 gelions ,
covered ‘oy purchasing order #25049, and the shipment of 10,197
gallons covered by purchase ord:r 225577. Therefor, I shell not
concern myself abont these tyvo shipments, but cenfine oy Temeares
to the shipme nt of 904 henzol ecipuired by your company tmourk
me, from W. 3. Gray & Compeny. :

z Our juretase order #25644 refers to 2 carloud of 90%
bento purchased by your compeny throvgh me from vv. 3. Grey & Cone
pany, on Jannary 15th, L915. The understanding vas that in con-
sideration of our helping your company to soquire this cerlead for
the sake of the tolucl content, you would furmmich us with all the
C. 2. benzol obtained from this shipment, smd Mernish tt to us at

thirty-seven{(37} cents per gallon, you retaining the tolnol.

the warload of 90 benzol. referred to in our purchase
order #25992 was arranged for under precisely the sane cond it Lons
and at same price as the above, but the earrangene ate were made
within the Jest few days. It ig cuite true that the offe2 was
more or less tentative to me for a day or tro, bat the sale was
made definite in about three days atter the original offer. Tf
widcratand from W. 5. Gray & Company that this sale has heen con-
soneted between you ad them. T aganme that you have requested |
j. 3. Bray & Company to fumish you the informtion in regard to ,
vetehts and order number.

Yours very truly,

ae eae

Feh. 2, 1915.

tir, &. ¢. Thorp, vs Pri
Indime Steel Company,
208 Sonth La Salle Street,

Chicago, Ill.

Dear Sir:

Tom in receipt of your faver of the 28th ultime, and
in reply beg to say thet T have nothing to offer in regerd to
Benzol Recovery Plont. I wes tumed down by the U. 3S. Steel
Corporation in Nev Yor waen T wanted to do something and was

ready ta do it anichly.

Yours V.

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ae 3. Badger ¢ Sons Co.,
63 ~ 75 Pitts Street ,
Boston, Mags,

Gentlemen:

Your tele gran of this -day
was highly pleased.

was good mews to lr, Edison,
Postal:

I sent you the following telepram by

“Sood - Ship stilts and apparatus te Thomas
As Bdison,

care Cambria Steel Conrany, Johns-
town, Pa.

Wire m¢ oll rartiqlars as to rout.
ing and we will folloy up.

Y. EH. Meadoverort,'

Yours very tmly,

Assistant ‘to Mr. BAison.

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Feb. 3, 1915.

ir. P. Dd, Block, Vice Pres.,
Inland Steel Company ,

First National Bank Bldg.,
Chicago, Ill.

Dear Sir:

Your favor of the first instant hes been reccived,
and T ber te thank you for your prompt reply to my letter of
the 28th ulti in regard to the benzol.

woulda you consider a proposition from m, personally,
to put up et my orn expense a plent to absorb the benzoid hydro-
carbons from your gas. This would make ec crude product, for
which I woulé pay cash as shipped.

Your plant is too small to put up ao re gwar Benzol
Absorbing Plent. It woulda not pey to put up m eleborate out-
fit of that kind, but I hove a specially devised plant for pro-
ducing the crude only. This crude would be refined at my om

refining plant at Orenge.

Avaiting the favor of your reply, T remain

wth Codes

Yours ve

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fan. 3, 1915.

Dr. BF, W, Caldwell,
480 Perk Avenne.

New sork City.

liy dear Dr. Caldwell;

Tf I do not answer littercpronmptly I am
sure you will dcem me quite excusable, as we are very, very
busy just now. ir. Dickerson stated a fact when he told you
that he left us becarse his work here was finished. This ts
the second time he has worked for Mr. Edison, and has always
been satisfactory. I hope he will develop well for you.

If I come across another good man I will
let you know.

With kind regards, T remain,

Yours very traly,

Feb. 3, 1915.

riensanto Chemical Works,
1890 Sonth Second St.,
St. Lonis, lo.
Gentlemen:

Tan in receipt of your favor of the 27th ultimo,
and beg te ask hor much per day of phenol {melting point 41,
white erystals) can you get stong with? ,

The pressure brought to bear upon me from England
and Frence is so great that I am planning 2 larger phenol
plant, and if the contracts go through IT could probably supply
you.

he trouble is the Limited supply of benzol. JI am
nov erecting an absprbding plent at some Coke ovens in Pennayl-

vania, and rather expect to start another Similar plent in an

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Beb. 4, 1918.

ur, Willian E, MeZay, tent) ler.,
The New England Cas and Suke 0.
111 Devonshire Street,

Boston, Hays,

Dear Sir:

Ihave received your favor of the third inetant. In ay Let
me guy that on Jonuary 19th TI cleset a contraat with the bhuneia ste
Company for erecting an absorbing plant at Johustowm, Pennsylvania ;
capable of absorbing three thousund gallona of exide per day. The "plant
scare in operation the first of next month. The contract is for three
years.

: The Combria rented me suffioient ground for the yplent. as
they are crowded, I divided the plant in tro yerts, five hundred feet
apart, te cuit their conditions, and to yrevent any expense to them for
riping. The total area occupied by us 18 abot 377 feet by an averaca
width of 55 feet. In thio area ig included evervthing. =

I put the plant in entirely at sy-ovn expense, absorbeé the
benzoid hydrocarbons, and return the gas without @isturbing their reutine.
Hy ylant redistills the crude, and I shiy only pure benzel and toluol.

I pay the Cambria Compony cighteen (18) cents yer United States
gallon for ail benzol and toluol shirred from the plent; also ten (10)
@ents per gellon for xylol and solvent naphthe, reserving the right to
retur these to the gas if I cannot sell the same at a profit.

I by steam from the Cambrian Company at the prevailing rate,
and they furnish me with water. I sell my waste acids to them at a lower
price then they now pay, for use in their sinoniea apparatus.

®he Canbria Comeny have the right after the three year perio?
“or the contract to buy the plant at two-thirds of its actual cost, and
Imy remove 1t, byt in any event, for 2 period of ive years thereat ts:
T have the right to ty benzol from their plent, if they nave any, at
the true nerket prices, to the extent of oy requirements.

fne cost of operation te about nine cents for labor, reteriel
and general expense. ‘hic, with freight ont amortisation of the plant
over three years, brings the cost per gellon rather high for future ;
gales, and IT am compelled to seli to outsiders all I make beyond my oe
wants (over the three yeer period). If these yeople sive proper anne -
tees, I will be in a position to negotiate wlth you ir yon ae oot en i
norme i price, when there is no var, 19 aroua? thirty cents pe ia

for pure, in drums, and tuenty-eight cents “or larce lots. The commercicet,

a druns, is tventy-Live centy
lots.

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Tt would take prebably ¢« Ye cys te get ylent in

Gperution ut your place. T worl: ye

Touse the hense2 to rte
in She camufueture of 4 aise rk
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Reh. 3, 1915.

Mrs. A. E. Stewart,
Leavenworth, Ind.

Dear Hadam:

I have received your favor of thé 27th ultimo, and
beg to gso9y in reply that I heve given inatrhetione to our Te-
cording Department to make a record of the gong “Shere the
Piver Shannon Flows*, and we shall arrenge te puf it ont as e

dise records as secon as possible,

Yours v

Sen ace?

‘tive ‘Bencol Absorbing Plant at my OW exrense, You Inresting

“npon Tor all of such praduets chipped from the plant. the

Peb. 6, 1925,

Be. 2, Bray, Rees,
Repotitte en’ Steel ‘Do.,
Youngstown, 0.

Dear SUr:

T am in receipt of your favor of the thiré instant ,
and regret to ‘gee that I did not me my firat letter suffi.
lantly olear,

Uy proposition is tmt fT vouta personally put an
nothing. Fwould pay for the products at a Price to be agreed

contractishe ‘ede on a three year basis.

The mimber of orens you have is too small to warrant
putting up a regular Benselk Absorbing Plant. It wowld not yay
to put up an elaborate outfit of that rind, mt I heve a ays ci-
aly devised plant for producing the crude omy. This erde

“ould ‘be refined ot ny own refining plant at Orange.
I-am prepared te move quickly, ané@ could put in a
plant In avery short time if ve come to an beece atial

Yours very tru He

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Seb, 5, 1915.

J. EH. Pluumér, Buq.,
President, Dominion Steel So.
Zoronte, Ont.

Dear sir:

T heve Inde long interview wth your tr. Iuces, and em
writing this simply to confirm what he will tell yeu, namely, thet
on necognt of the dslay in coming to an widergtending about the
Benet Plant, I an compelled to withdraw from any further negotte-
tfons. his, however, will not prevent you fron putting up my
design of Benzol Plant with your om eerital a little later.

After yon heve seen my plant in oyeration ot the Canbria
Jorks, vhich I hope will be running by the firet of Merck, I think
we Shall be able to come to an wnderstanding which will he satis-
factory to you. 4 EAS

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lr. Albert Lewis,
Room 807,

52 Broadway,

Mew York City.
Dear Sir:

Tn consideration of your having been instrunentel in
arranging with lessrs. J. Pe. Morgen & Compeny of New York for
the yurenase from ma of a supply of tolnol for one year, es yer
eopy agreement attached, I nereby agree to pay tc you five oents
for every gallon of toluol sofd to end yeia Lor by gaid J. ?.
Morgen & Company. sueh yaynents to you to be made br me 48 I

yeceive the various yeyine nba from ¢. 2. Morgan & Comeny.

Yours very

meet RICE T TS tes

Feb. 6, 1915.

hha Charles KR. Botsford,
Room 1555,

£5 Broad Street,

lew York City.

Dear Ur. Botsford:

aad T mve received your favor of the 30th ultimo.
Let me say in reply that we do not advertise om cingers to any
are ee nee Like the Victor, ed it hurts the salws of singers’
ecords.

The Victor milt up its business 0 fige
ing artists who are celebrated. Host bf these eee
come success2ul not on account of their voices, but by reason of
their acting, their personality, together with the public's reccl-
tection of the stage environment and the satiofying of the eye.
People who have seen and heard them, tuy their records, ond then
find sore thing missing. Somehor, they are disappointed with out
jmowing why. The conséquenoe ig that many people stop tuying
opera records. As 2 matter of fact, the sales of opera records
only reach about three yer cent of the total sales of records.

So fer as I am concemed, I pay no attention
to reputation. If the singer hes & fine voice I mke records;
if not, no amount of reputation will induce me to record them.
The consequence is that most of my opere singers have hearly as
preat, and some greater, percentage of gales as of the populer
stuff.

If Yyonne de Treville would Like to meke a
trial record for me, She can arrange with the Manager of my Re-
cording Studio, lir, Waiter 3. tiller, at 279 Pifth Avenue, Few
York. If her trial record ig found to be ali right I will make
a tupsiness arrangement with her.

Yours very truly,

609

Ped. 5, 1916.

Mics Isabelle Clark,
600 Vest 138th St.,
Rev York City.
ly dear Wiss Clark:

I heve received your kind favor of the first
instant, which has afforded me much pleasure in the reading. Tet
me say that I am delighted to have the aid of your niece, whose

voice is so fine and records so well.

If you are coming cut toward Orange some dg,
: and vould like to @roy in at the Laboratory, Y ghould like to see
fl
' you, and your niece also iJ she is with you.

Yours very truly,

pices

so neue

Pacha Pais exe ea sence aaa AI

610

Dr. J. Hirsch,
soentigen Ray Association of Greater New York,

Ninety-six Park Avenue,
New York City.
Dear Sir:

Your favor of the second instent has been received,
and Iwish to extend my thanks to you for the invitation to
attend the meeting of the Roentgen Ray Association of New York
on April 20th, and to make an addresa.

I appreciate your courtesy in extending this invita-
tion, but I shall have to ask you to excuse me from acceyting
it. I nave practically ceased attending public functions, as
it is simply impossible with my deafness to hear anything that
is going on two feet away, and Life beccmes quite a burden Sor

the tvo or three hours during which I am compelled to sit still

and do nothing and mov nothing of what is going on around me.

Yours very truly,

614

Hed. 8th. 1915.

iir. 2, 3. Bray, President,
Republic Iron & steel Co.,
Yeungstayn, 0.

De mr Sir:

. Your telegram of this date was received, and by Tir,
Hétson's direction I sent you ths following:

"Glad to see you any day this
week, YVindly wire when you de-
cide to come.

hos. A. Esison.

I presume you WiLL probably com by war of New York. If you
should com: by the Pennsylvania, and wish tc come direct here,
you conlé leave the train at Newari ond take a Jest Crange
trolley which leaves frori the Market Street Station of the
Pennsylvania Reilroad in Newark, TU. This car would bring
you right to the door.

Shoula you come to New_York first, let me say that the
best way to come here ig br the Lackawanna Railroad, which leaves
the 23rd Street, Christopher Street, and Baraley Seber ferries
in New York, or any of the Tunnel siesechn dee 0 a Orange
Aner ane Se in ti ng street, where yon can get the
and walk one block wp to the main o's * whant ee ae

rolle 7 marked vest Orenge. "his brings you
Nee ee ee an Baie foy me or Mr. H. F. Weller,

door, If you will kindly jnqnire 2
one of UA wll gee that you are prdught to Ure Bei son,

o
Agstutant to M2. Edi son.

Si RACINE REE Re 8s

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His Britannic MaJje sty" "Gove rnre nt ,
ao PB Hargan & Company, Agent,
23 Wall Street,
ew York City.
Dear Sirs:
I beg to acknov le pre Yecelyt o£ your favor of the
6th tnstent concerning the sele of Telnol te the Brit igh
Goverment and hereby confirg the widerstanding as expresaed

in your said letter,

Hed. 8th, LoTer:.

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. William I. McKay, General Naveger,
ew England Gas and Gove Compeny,
111 Devonshire Street,
Boston, Mass.

Dear Sir:

I teg to acknowledge receiyt of your favor of the 6th
instant, and would say in reply tmt the complete cost of my
SZencol Plant at the Cambria Steel Company, for tyo thousand
gallons of orude per day, is eotimated at ahout $40,000.00, wth
an edditional 11,000 to bring the capacity of the plant uy to
three thousand gellons yer day. In designing the plant originally
I provided for this invrease. Iam qoting round figures, as the
plant is not yet finished, tut the figures above given I regard as
cganervetive.

Let me call your attention to the fact thet the anly mov-
ing mechanism in the plant consists of pumps and exhaugter., There-
fore, the depreciation should be rather simall. The price ef eighteen
(ref cents per gallon is for pire Benzol ond Zotwol shirred from the
plent, and, if saleable, commercial. ‘Ylol at ten (10) cents yer
aL LON « of course, Solvent Nayphtha is sold. crude, Tf am doudtful
about “<ylol ané the Solvent Naphthas after say, two years from now.
Shat inv the reason I reserve the rignt tc put it beck into the gas
af unprofitable to me. g

I vould not care to make 90 Benzol, es elalize on
"pure", free of Cs and Thiopin. This is not-<eisy.

Yours ¥

Neb.

lirs. Karl G. Roebling,
SLL State Street, West,
®renton, . d.
Dear tira. Roe bling:
Your favor of the 30th

ultimo caught me at an unnsually busy time;

-henee the delay in reply.

IT have sympathy for the
babies hut no knack of writing versea, So I
fell back on my gon Charles, who is the fan-
ily poet. I hore Ais verses will answer
your good yurpose.

Youre very

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Pep. 9th. 1915.

. Badger & Song Co.
65-75 Pitts Street, :
Boston, Mass.

Attention My. GC. lL, Campbell,
Chemist Ingineer.
Dear Siy:

Your favor of the 6th instant te ir. Meadowcroft,
with ereetion tue prints snd shipping memoranda, hove been
sherm to me.

Tam deeply sratified at your exye ditions hand-
ling of my order for these tro stills and congratulate you
on being e@ble to do hetter than your promise. I expect to
nave some more orders for you before long, 90 please bear
me in mind end don't tie up toc clcse.

I shoulda be very glad indeed to have Mr. Tunt
~o and look over the plant at the Cambrie Steel Company
shen he goes to Viestem Pennsyivenia. ve my find Mr. Mason
there, put if not, let hin ask for our Ir. John Bacon, «Tr.

Yours very truly,

621

Teb. 8th. 1915.

Messrg. Harger & Blish,
Des Noines, Iowa.

GentLeine n:

Your friend of the Santa Fe Watch is a ve1y critical
person. However, T want criticisms, although it is some work
to explain, tut in this gase I vill try to make my ideas end
policies cleur.

‘int. Zam more interested in getting good mchanisne,
and eapecially geod veproducers than in cabimts. I neglect
gevineta, TP your friend only mew how many reproducers were
itsearded und changed, how many dlaphrams had tc be discarded to
et then edual to & standard, (sometimes ten reproducers are dis-
aici to get gyg, and these discards must heve new diaphrams
gometimes, Levera, or cords), he would see that we don't
reoults without great expense, and that I prefer good machin-
tc high grade furniture. I¢ is easy to say why not give us @
Ei oo in 2 100 machine, but if I did I would ve to go ont
of business.

Ona. He talks about the ladel. There is no mov meter-
L thet vill stisk to the substance of which the records are made,
and TiLL vet I have tried two thousand things. Again, out of
ty pigments and one hundred and twenty-six Aniline dyes not a
te one retains its color after it has yessed through the 360
Aerrees of neat in the press.

Sra, Of course, you will be asked frequently about
Sarudo, Melba, Secotti, ete-, on the Edison. About every dealer I
know of says he stated to inguirers tint 1f they wy an Edison
machine they can use an attache nt and buy end play eny kind of
a record, tut the public don't scem to hanker after these high
rroic artists of the Vietor after they have bonght the attechm nt,

Whtn the exception of Larura, ne aly every Grand Opera
artist got their reputation nol jo their voioe but by je rsenality,
py acting, and the glamour of tre stage. We cannot use the
aye with the phonograph, heace only frond Opera singers with good
voinge eon be vaca, and I have aesrly “li of them. I am not going
to queex the Tiamond Disc by a poor singer, 1e natter what their
reputation in Opera ue pe. et me gay that Seotti has lost his
voice almoat entirely, but because he is one of the best actors on
the Operatic Stage und s great favorite, am tT to have him sing on
the phonograph merely on account of his great reputation? 1 prefer

¢ ih

thet the Victor should faithin. Why, don't Melba sing for the Opera
and get the $1500 per night ‘she onee obtained? The explanation is
gimple. Her volee has faded, but treat don't phese the Victor be-
ebuge thelr entire ‘wininess. has been ‘kullt up on advertising Grand .
Opera. Singers, who in the -cage of the beet:known, got their repu-
tation by seting. I shall not follow this method of selling goods
hbeennse, in the long run, I do not think it will win. He speaks of
the Sextette from Tnaiu and Suartette from Rigoletto. I have taken
© dasen of these regords by different combinations of Grand Opera
singers, two of them at Milan, Italy, from the hest artists of the
iy Seala, but they were not: what I would like to put out. We are
new in the Dine line. I have had worlds of trouble to get where I
am and have an é¢normous number of fine records recorded but I cen
foe ia then ‘out as fast as I would Like. However, things will. mend
in tjme,. i

I had records of NeCormack but did not use him because of
his shake. fhe reason McCormack ig so popular on the Victor in that
he is the only singer except one who has very strong cvertones and
they are so strong that the Victor ¥eproduces a few, and males his
records very mellow. ‘The public like them. He sort of makes up for
the defects of the. instrument.

; As to Lauder. He must have known that Lauéer was tied up
with the Victor,.although he sings for us on Cylinder.

The price he says should be on the face cf the record.
How does he know that there might not be some very good reason why
it should not be on? I can't go into lengthy explenstions az to
this, but there is a good: technical reason or I would have put it
on., I should be credited in cases like this sith as mash intelligence
ag the general average of the genvs homo.

Ireturn the letter of the Santa Bs Wateh Company.

Yours verry trn cas AEE

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ire J. HR, Planing x,
Motel Sanhattean :
Madison Ave, and
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Dear

Your telegram to Ir.

Edison was received to-day
Seaordine te hts instructions T have telegraphed you that he
te gee you any time to-morrow, end have

> the te lesran thet you telerhone me Crom New Yort Te.
ne ont vo thet we can mike sure of his he

Yours very truly,

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Asai stants +4 Tit, Baten if,

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Veh. 9th. 1915.

Iirs. Paul ¥. Devine,
352 West North Street,
Tima, Oo. ¢

Dear Nedam:

Tam in receipt of your favor of the second instant,
and thank you for your Kind words in regard to the Diamond Dise y
Phonograph. Your-request for a record of "When you and I were

Young Mageie" has teen noted, and I have given instructions to

3¢ head of the Musical Deyartment to make this record, which

4.
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you will find on the List in good time.

Yeurs ve

aoegtneheeraceraneiaarerapane

PTT ks Sade

Heb. 9th. 1915.

His Britannic Majesty's Governrent ,
J, >. Morgan & Compmy, Agent,
23 Woll Street,
New York City.
Deer Sirs:
T have received your favor of the Oth instant, and
“in reply beg to say fhat my plant will be jn operation about
March first, and then I shall be able to state whether or not

I can meet the specifications for Toluol set Torth in yoursaid

letter of the 8th instoert.

ae neeemaee, fos apreneer PE wa

Web. 9th, 1915’,

Albe xt ™. Otto & Sona, Inc.,
1886 Sroadway, 1. Y. City.

Gentlerien:
Your favor of the 6th instant hes been received, and
Tobep to suy in reydy that I have only one ylimt for ehnorbking
Benvol end Toluel from Coke oven gases, and Iouse the Pensol
Tot the mantfacture of Carbolic Acia for my orn use in inking
phonoeraph records. I am negotiating to ereat two more plants,

Imt in all eases I only ship pure Bensol oo

Yours ve i

IGE

ne Lee oy Paul,
3032 Portland Ave.,
iimnesapolis, liinn.

Dear Sir:

Your favor of the second instant has been receivee, and
we thank you for your kind interest in calling attention ‘te the
idea of a pneumatic plunger. I would say in regard to this that
T tried thic scheme on fifty machine , Put the device was found
off

to be wireliable in the hanis of the public, 50 we tool: them

and have not tried it any further.

Yours vé

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Feb. loth. 1915.

Dr. V. L. King,
Wood Ridge, N. J.

Dear Sir:
Your favor of the 7th instant to tir. Edison has

been received and its contents carefully noted. He requests

us to say that he will give you an interview here at the
Laboratory any day.
If you will kindly call me up on the telephone

when you propose to come over, i will tell you wheter

it is a favorable time.
Yours very truly,

PN Mecermeverr;%,
aed
Assistant to Mr. Hai.gpn.

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liv. G, Henninger,
516 KE. 90th Street,
Tew York City.

Dear Sir:

Your favor of the 89th ultimo to lr. Edison was re-
ceived, and he remests us to say in reply that out of your
list we have recorded several for instante, Same Sort of Tirl,
one step, igs in our January list (see also Girl From Uteh,

22496) Cood-bye Girls is in our March list of Blue Ambe rol

Tecords as a song, Aba Deba Eoneymoon is in our December List
as a song.

We will get the others and submit them te Mr.
Hdison. If he approves them they will be recorded in de
course.

Yours very truly,

Pdisnn Leboratory.
ATMO

saz, Weel

Feb. 9th. 1915,

i 653

Mr. H. H. Blish,
811 Walnut Street,
Des Moines, Iowa.

Dear Mr. Blish:
| I am in receipt of your favor of the
3rd instant in regard to the cracking of records. et ma
say in reply that this cracking will soon disappear. You
may send the cracked ones pack for credit, but please don't
kick too much as long as we ao the most of the suffering.
I return Mr. Strong's lettex herewith.

RTT TESS

Fab. ili

Mr. James H. Brady,
Sunset Publishing House,
460 Fourth Street,
San Francisco, Cal.
Dear Sir:-

I beg to acknowledge receipt of your
favor of the lst instant, and would say that if you will
send me a small sample of the 98% puxe copper, tempered
to the hardness of stgei, and also a small sample of the
alloy, I will ses if your young friend is oorrect in his

atatement.

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657

Feb. both, Lie.

Dr. Robert #rakine #1

The Uivic vorum, mesg
147 west 48th Street,

New York City. ,

Dear Dr. Ely:

Mrs. Sdison has shown me your letters %

a ¢ 3 veers wo

sb of the 20th ultimo and the Srd instant in re gard to

¥ e award of & Medal of Monor to m by the Civic Foran,
ou desire to have gome indication of a date when i could

attend the meeging to received this Medal. ; _

1 am willing to admit some rye ;
in making a suitable reply. i am not ame amber reget he
honor thus sought to be conferred upon me, put, although
I appreciate 34 in its frllest sense, IT should be very

greatly pleased to be excused from attending a fancticn

of this kind.

Mere are several reasons. The princi;
one is that I do not Like to make positive appoint
for eny distant day, as, at the time specified, ion
be in the midst of an {jmportant expe riment which could
only ve neglected at the cost of a great sacrifice. ‘hen.
again, @ great crowd of people so embarrasses me, that 1,
doubt whether that I would be even able to say “thank you".
In the next place 7 am grown so deaf that I cannot hear
anything phat is going on two feet avay from me, go T have
practically decided to give up appointments at any public

functions.

Under all the circumstances, 1 trust thet
my desire to be excused willnot seem unreasonable .

Yours very truly,

—

660

Miss Ada Gardiner,
The Lafayette,
Portland, Me.

Dear Miss Gardiner:

I have been greatly interested in readin fer
recent letter to lr. Meadowcroft. It alway sivas ie oh
pleasure to read letters of intelligent critieiame and :
suggestions, especially from those for whom I have been
working, Coroing pag beds of good msic. f am certainly very
much gratified to learn that the music reproduced by the
ae Dise has been so neeful: and helpful during your
sickness.

Now in regard to Speed, let m say that we have
great trouble in keeping the speed constant at 8U revolu-
tions. Uur later machines keep the speed constant for
days within two degrees. ‘The inequality is due to the
varying friction on the governor. I1 always play the ma-
chine at 78 revolutions or less, as the pitch of modern
music is too high and unnatural. Some music lovers run
at 75 revolutions.

I think that the Parlow record #80079 was dis-
carded from the catelog because we accidentally destroyed
the moula- 1 have tried to get her to play agein for us.
Narelle is making more records, and we have lots of Spald-
ing records coming along, a1s0 several by “leisch.

I am going to have three McTarlanssongs and the
other music obtained and performd for me, Bo that 1 mey
see that they are suitable for disc records.

With good vishes for the recovery of your health,
I remain,

Yours very truly,

668

Bev. Vth. 1915.

2. 7, Mienatadt ,
SLY Fast 26th St.,
Brooklyn, FE. OY.
Dear Nir:

IT received your favor of the second instent, which had
my careful attention. TI regret exceedingly to learn of the un-
sutisfactory treatment that you have received, and am sorry that
1t Ls not within my yover to rectify this particular transaction.

The point is that the "Edison Shop’ is siaply one of our dealera,

an@ our Gompeny here has no control whatever over their netrods

of doing Tuvinens.

‘Ye had o bad fire here a few weeks age, which has islayed

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getting out new machines, bet after March first you ought
to be uble to get a nev one. ,

“uo T think that you hed better Jet the ratter rest tii}.
yeu have been te “origa. When you vetum frem the South write
me aqoin, and Fwilh see if Tecan hel; you ort at the "Edisen

Shor".

Yours very truly,

Lui

Feb. lth. 1915.

Hr. C. S. Paimer,
® Connellsville High School,
Connellsville, Pa.

Dear Sir:-

I am in receipt of your favor of the

Sra instant, and in reply beg to say that I am putting
up a plant to absorb the Benzol trom the By-products gas
of the Coke ovens at the Cambria Steel Company's woxrke
at Johnstoyvn, Pa. An absorbing plant of this kind cannot
be used on the ordinary beehive coke oven, but only on
the By-product coke ovens, like those at the Cambria Com-

pany's works. Benzol is the basis for wil Aniiine dyco,
put I use it to meke Carbolic Acid synthetically, which
I employ in the manufacture of phonograph records.

Yours very tm

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Mel. Gth. 1935.

ir, Merton) N. Rice,
949 Van Ness Ave.,
Nempe , Arizona.
Dear Sir: 7

Replying to your favor of the 3th nitimo, I teg te
say that in my opinion iar is nota biological neacesity. Tf
think that the only practical way of handling the matter vould
be that $2 our German brothers are obliged to give up, the
Allies, the United States and all the smaller ccuntries, in-
eluding Gemany and Austria ought to enter inte 1 sonyyat to
Police the World on joint account. Should any nation there -

after show @ tendency to militarism, the Yorld Police to immedi-

ately jump on the beckslider and confiscate the armament.

However, it is ¢ gigantic task te get people to agree
to any joint panheme « .
voura very tYaly, :

You ave mistaken abeut gleep. Remember iat for
forty years I have had synads of men who worked for me in ny
canpsims of experimenting, som tiscs for severalme's, iometives
for months, vith only four to four sn¢ one-half hours alee, ,
and, in some cases, “vo hours only, owt of twenty-four. The

universal opinion of the men, {and sonetimen there wert au many |
as one hundred fifty), was thet they vuver Zelt better. of
course the “sual occupation of these mnwae a dull. deadly
routine, but when they got with me on 8 big experiment, their
mental activity was enormously tnereased; They becuue brighter
eved, quicxer in their movements anf Lest the lassitute of most

men.

I om certnin, from actvel experiments vit

tnt for health, there are three things that will fit s najert
(1) Hat'the smallest posathla amount of plain food that

will keep your weight constant. This takes 2evera? mentnd vo

accomplish, because one met allow the gtemach to Shrink Go

normal size end get into the nerit.

{2} Sleep not more than six hours ané ever: Sive otter a

vear's experince.

“IN pees Mie, petad

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| (3) Keer intensely mentelly ective. Engage tt. nore 3ohemes
;| or plens than you caz possahly attené to ma Say to necemriish
BY every one of them.
ay
i sy ‘ ‘ - ie ee 5
f Yhen I co te feshingtor Twil2 certainly; cone and
; gee you. Did yeu ever read the Classic "Tife of Sornaro’? if
; not, cet it A broken dovm wreelt sho at forty chanzed his ade
i + e le
nS £ life and Lived one nmidred years.

Yours very troly,

ar tee
eereScoors cen al

580

Bet. With.

Ur. G. G. Thorp, VY. Pres.,
Indiana Steel Company,
Mess i Street,
Dear Sir:

T am in receipt of your favor of the ninth instant,
ond would say in reply that the reason I siiated in my pre-~
vious letter that I had nothing to offer in regaz« te 2
Benzol Recovery Plant was due to the fact that I hav: been
informed that your coke oven plant belongsto the Unived
States Steel Corporation.

If you are independent of them, I may be able to
make you a proposition.

Yours very t

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Feb. Lith. 19

oo Giecen eae ae Creosoting Co. Inc., |
New York City‘
Gentlemen: . |

I am in receipt of your favor of the lOth, instant, :
and in reply beg to gay that in my plant at Johnstown, Penr-
Sylvania I expect to absorb only Benzol, Toluol, Xylol, ana
Solvent Maphtha. The creosotes that you want can only be
obtained from the tar. Perhaps you can obtain what you wish
from the Dominion Tar and Chemical Compamy, Sydney, N.S.
you can obain creosote from Scotland, as there is no embargo.
I suppose, however, that freight will be difficult to get.

I understand that the Delaware , Lackawanna and Western
Railroad Company have, or had after the Wawgf?’ commenced, stout
two million gallons at Patergon, N. J. Possibly they might
sell some.

Could you not use wood tar creosote?

683

Feb. 1th, i715.

Mr. Frederic A. Whiting,
ll ‘State Street,
Framingham, Mags.
Dear Mr. Whiting:
I am in receipt of your favor of the 5th
instant, which has been read with a great deal of interest.
If you have any cracked records, it is our
fault, and if you will send them to uy aseistant, Mr. W. H.
Meadowcroft,at this address, by Parcel Post, I Will exchange
them without charge.
In regara to noisy records, let me say that
our matrix from which we press the records, gots rougher as
more records are printed from it and we ere obliged to discard

these matrices after about 125 prints have been made. The

noisy ones axe those that are printed last from the matrix. T

his trouble

am experimenting to put a stop to t

684

Feb. llth. 1915.

Prof. Prancis B. Crocker,
Crocker-Wheeler Company,
Ampere, H. d.
Dear tir. Crocker:

I received your favor of the sixth instant,
and also copy of the January 28th issue of the American
Machinist. I read the article with a good deal of interest.

it's hard to "crush" some yeople.

685

Feb. llth. 1915.

Mr. A. P. Cramer,
Bureau of Employment of the Chemists' Club, Inc.,
New York City.
Dear Sir:

Your vavor of the sixth instant has been received.
In reply I beg to say that I could not use the chemist who
nas sypeciallised on lithia, ag 1 have contracted with e
neighboring chemical works for my lithia. I stopped working
on it myself.

I want a young chemist who can play with the Benzol

aucieus like a Japanese juggler juggles with plates. Have

yen got one?

Hise

EELS

Feb. 11th. 1915.

Me. George B. Gaston,
Department of Public Works,
Yndlarapolis, Ind.

Dear ‘ir. Gaston:

I have received your favor of the tifth instant,
and vyonlé say that you have come to the rignt shop to have phono-~
graph records aes Just nov we are turning out about thirty
thousand a day.

I will get the music of the songs you mention in
your letter, and if they appeal to me as be ing aprropriate for

our records 1 will have the: recorded and have them put on our

Cylinder List. ;
With kind regards,

Vo cugigiaoeranaphabaad iebele ree Pobre peh ears

686

Mr. W. C. Hanna,
California Portland Cement Co.,

Colton, Cal.

Dear Sir:

Your favor of the first instant was received,

I beg to say in reply that the long kiln itself was due

the physicist; the quality of its increased product due

the chemist.

the master to whom we all bow.

After a cement mill is built, the chemist

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688

Feb. lith. 1915. ,

Merck & Company,
45 Park Place,
New York City.

Gentle men:
I beg to thank you for the copy of the second edition,
revised, ‘Of "Chemical Reagents: Their Purity & Tests". TI have

looked it ‘over and wish to assure you that in my opinion it is
tine. ,

Pidielei tele Meh i

TERE ETRE TH

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689

Feb. llth. 1915.

lr. G. C. Siizer, VY. Pres.,
Harger & Blish,
Des Moines, Ia.
Dear Mr. Silzer:

T am in receipt of your favor of the fourth in-
stant in regard to piano records. I want to say in reply that
our pieno technic is not good enough in my opinion. TI have two
records containing piano solos, which I have yessed for print-

ing and distribution. Every one says they are fine, but I can-

not see it. TI hope to improve on recording of the piano te fore

ong.

HPAL

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Feb. 12th. 1915.

lr. Ww. H. Blauvelt,
Consulting Engineer,
Bemet-Solvay Company,
Syracuse, N. Y.

Wy dear Mr. Blauvelt:

Tem somewhat puzzled about one thing, and
that is how much of the hydrocarboys we should try te absorb in
the oil. The divergence of figures is quite notable. Some say
U3 while cthers sor 45. 1 shov.ld regard your opinion as authpr-
i{tative.

Shenrine yor in advance, I remain,

Feb. 12th. 1915.

nf Go.,

i regetyed your telegram of congratulation
yesterda,, sad vent toe express my thanks to you therefor.
From the repe:t “son has made to me this morning in re-
gard to the Benzol Plant at Johnstown, it looks as though

we vould do some pretty quick work up there.

STREET.
seated

Feb. 12th, 191

Hon, 9Sephugs

J Daniels,
Washington, D. O,

Hy deay Mr, Dantelg:

including mysel?r,
or course,

8reetings to you
and to the »

Send cordial 8nd your
anlahle partne nole family,
a wishes,

Yours 3 incere ly,

and with
fany

{

thanks for alt Your poo T remain, |
\

EE Fe nti eanonit

Feb. 13th, 1915.

ENE EE OC OL CONE IIOP IEE ME naa IE eo
Z FN ak See ate

Mr. Charles A. Danforth, C. S.,
171 Westminster Street,
Providence, R. I.

a gerne emenadeeet

Dear Sir:
Your favor of the eighth instant has been
handed to me, and I note your suggestion of bring-

ing out three or four of the Christian Science solos,

as mentioned by you. I a looking into this matter

site ted Rc entation ON ee

personally and will see what can be done ab

Fer, 13th. 1915.

Mr. Henry Ford,
Detroit, Mich.

My dear Mr. Ford:

Let me thank you for the sixty-eight thousand
congratulations that you sent me for my birthday yesterday,
and also for all your good wishes. It was ell very cheering
to me, and I want to thank you all very much.

We are mking great progress around here.
Everything is booming. We are making about twenty thousand
cylinder records a day and some six or seven thousand disc
records daily, anda large number of mechanisms for machines.
We heve developed an entirely new model of Disc Machine,
which has been completed within sixty days, including teols,
jigs etc., for its manufacture, and we are now shipping them
out to customers. The Storage Battery business is picking up.
I had a telegram from the Secretary of the Navy yesterday tell-
jing me he had just signed the order for e set of our batteries |
vor a new submarine, ($90,000) and had reported to me later in
the dey that a large order was coming our way for use with the

wireless.

These and other cheering items were yuite suffi-
cient to make my birthday a pleasant one to remember.

Feb. 13th. 1915,

General Chemical Company,
25 Broad Street,

New York Oity.

Gentlemen:

Referri to the conversati on between your Mr, Parke r
ie Mr. Meadowero? » my Assistant, I beg to say that in comec-
on with

My carbolic acia plent I am now using daily about
eleven thousand pounds of 98% sulphuric acid, and expect to in.
crease it to twenty thousand

pounds daily within the next three
or four weeks,

I am now ready to contract with you for my requiremntg
for one year, and if you will kindly submit contract I will Bive
the same imme dLate consideration, Possibly it might be well to
allow for a possible 10% inerease.

As you are probably aware, I am putting up a Benzol
Absorbing Plant at the Cambria Steel works , Johnstown , Pennsyl.
venia and expect to

put it in operation by March first, I ex.
rect to require about one ton a day of 98% Sulphuric acid in
connection with that plant. I should be

glad to have you sub.
mit a contract for this requirement also for one year, but ir
agreeable to you would rather wait until about March first to
complete the contract in this case, so that I may be entirely
certain ag to requirements,

709

sane

Feb. le, 1915,

Mr. Charles li, Schwab,
Bethlehen Steel Company ,
South Rethlehem, Pa,

Ny dear li. Schwab;

Your very kind message of congratulation

and good wishes came to me yesterday and was greatly appre-
ciated, It seems to me ag though these birthdays come too

fast, but there is one consolation, and that is, they bring me

lots or cheering and acceptable messages from my good friends.

With kind regards and many thanks, I renain,

Yours very truly,

AA Eom BER HCC ORE LPREERS ot Ee hee et

710

Feb. 13th. 1915,

Mr. P. D. Block, Vice Pres.,
Inland Steel Comyrany,

First National Bank Blig.,
Chicago, I11.

Dear Sir: i

Would you consider a proposition for m to erect a
Benzol ‘absorbing plant at your ovens at my own expense, you
making no investment except furnishing me water and selling
me steam if you have it, I paying you F. 0. B. ovens thirteen
and one-half (13 1/2) cents for all pure RBenzol. and Tolnol
shipped away, and eight (8) cents for all Xylol md Solvent
Naphtha. I reserving the right to rut the Xylol and Solvent
naphtha back into the gas in case I cannot sell it at a profit.

Contract to last three years, I reserving the right
to stop incase the plant becomes unprofitable, and remove
the moveable parts. In that event I would give you option to
buy plant at two-thirds the actual cost which would be less
than fifty thousand dollarsa ($50,000). TI ould erect the plant:
{I think, in sixty working days. :

Ts your gas rich?

Yours very t

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General Letterbook Series
Letterbook, LB-102 (1915)

This letterbook covers the period February-April 1915. Most of the
correspondence is by Edison and William H. Meadowcroft. The letters mainly
relate to World War I, the disruption of markets for the carbolic acid (phenol)
used in the manufacture of phonograph records, and Edison's production of
chemicals for his businesses, including the establishment of benzol absorbing
plants in Johnstown, Pennsylvania, and Woodward, Alabama. There are also
references to other business propositions, including the sale of Edison's
surplus stocks of benzol, toluol, and other chemical products. The
correspondents include Edward R. Stettinius of J. P. Morgan & Co. and
representatives of Mitsui & Co.

The spine is stamped "Letters" and is marked "T.A.E. From Feb. 13,
1915 to Mar. 31 1915." The number "40" also appears on the spine. The book
contains 701 numbered pages and an index. Approximately 15 percent of the
book has been selected.

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‘figs India Waelchli,
2 West 1l2ist Street,
New York City.

Dear Miss VYaelchli:

I must ask you to kindly pardon the delay
in replying to your favor of the eighth instant. I have been
so exceedingly msy this week on important matters for ir.
H@ison that my corresrondence has been hadly neglected.

If you will take this letter down to Mr.
W. Wd. Miller, the tfanager of our Recording Department at 79
Fifth Avenue, BH. Y- City, he will make & dise record trial
of one of your songs and send it over to Mr. Edison for leer-
ing.

vindly explain to Mr. Miller tmt you have
been introduced by & very ola friend of ours connected with
the General Electric Company.

Possihly you might telephone to ‘ir. Mille r
before you fo downtown, and tell him that you have & letter for
hin, (tans oe

Yours very trely,

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Feb. 15th. 1915.

ur. Willian daltacé Canon
290 Clifton Avenue « :
Newark, No.

Dear Sir:

Your favor of the ninth instent to Hr. Edison was
mecetveds. ty re WV I beg te say that we shall be glad to
take a triad record Of your voice if you will call here some
day and ask ror me- I woulda suggest that you tele phone me
in advance a any OF tvO before you intend to come, so that we
may have an ageompenvist here to play for you.

Yours very truly,

Assistant to i. Edison.

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q Dominion Tron & Oteel Co.,
4 “ontreal, Caneda..

Jear Sir:

;, Referring to our previous d@iseugsions as to my

| . assisting you to plan end erect a Benzo) absorbing plant

at your coke ovens at Sydney, your Hr. 3. =. Lucas hes
hanged to me your telegram to him deted February LSth, 4

1915, reading as follows:

Montreal, swe. Beh, 15, LELs.
ty. S. EL Duecas,
‘ialdort Asteria,
vew York.

can say to tir. Edigon, I am authorized ty
Pyegi¢ent to acceyt your proposal respect-

the erection of a Benzol Plant at Sydney

on lines your Cambria Plant. “fou are to give us

use your patents, yatterns, hlue prints plants ,
and information ac to yurchasé of materials,

and reasonable tecimical advice auring congstruc-
tion and operation, and pene ral. assistance on
lines discussed. “e understand this is Tor our
oun wee only. We are to rey you 3s consideration
for services and plans ahove enumerated one cent
per gallon on all Benscl Toluol %Lol ar é& tarphtha,
shirred from the plent 80 erected vor three yeors.
mrther, you are to heve oytion for thre, years tc
puy Renzol for your own use UP to ¢€ ight nendred colons
daily at twenty five cents nites States galion,
delivered 7. U- 2. Orange. snantity to be delivered
under this oy tion to be dectared tnres montha in
advance Sor each yeriod of three months. Any duty
to be borne by purchaser and druns tc te returne ¢
sith vregsonable desyetch.

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only one exception, which

the auty on Benzol which you
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might ship to me over It is unferstooa that any
Rengol Shipped + der the ahove opiion at twenty Pive
ates gallon is to he wh

ov "Pure" Bengol, at

cents per Mmiteg ot at i9 known as MG gaat

Will you please Signify your Rcceptance of the whole
arrangement , exception and understanding hy Signing the accept-
anee at the Loot of thie letter,

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Beh. 15th. 1915.

Mr. ul, Selzer,
+3 Otoe Blau-Gas Co.,
803 Central Avenue,
Nebraska City, Nebr.
Dear Sir:

Your favor of the 10th instant has been received-
Phere have been a numbex of reasons for the delay in reply
to your previcus letter, ani the Least of “hich was the disas-
trous fire we had here in December.

The proposition that I have in mind is the open-
ing of a store for the sale of my new Diamond Disc Phonograph,
exclusively. We opened an experimental one here in Orange,
and it has been very successful indeed. Frequently the business
4s conducted by some one who slso sells other articles, and
does not sre cialize on one thing. The capital required would
not be very great, and from the experience which the Orange gtore
hes nad, I should regard it #5 & safe investment. Please let m
know vhat you think of the idea.

Yours very Try,

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liv. E. P. Wheaton, Managing Editor,
National News Service,

406 World Building,

New York City.

Dear Sir:

Referring to your favor of tue fifth instmt, in re-
gard to a set of phonograrh records embodying instructions in
modern ballroom dancing, I beg to say that we have just made
records of thie Kind but they are py Me. 7. Pitt Rivers end
not by Hr. Durant.

These records will soon appear on cur lista:

Yours very truly,

Woodward Iron SC.,
Woo dvard, Alec

Gentlemen
{tT veceived your favor of the Ist instant stating

ot on his reimra you

an my letter asking if you would

gol shsorbirg

that your ir. Yoodwaxrd was absent, »D

sould promptly ev bpmit to h
er a proposition fron me to put up & Ben

conei a

nlant at your Coke ovens.
ns £ am atill without reply I assume he must stilt

AS +
r no investment on your

‘yo absent. OY proposition calls fo

part.
Yours ve uLY >

Feb. 16th. 1915.

“up, Emerson P. Harris,
16 Rockledge Road,
Montelair, HN. g-

Dear Sir:
Replying +
that the idea T yut out

a “Samaritan market" where poor peor
gs of Life in five cent quantities put on th
g included the using of mtomatic

o your favor of the 10th dnetant, I beg

vos to establish shat I call

to say
e could yurchase the

e basis

necessitie

of carload prices. My ide

oking machine ana the slot device.

ever nad time to sts

I have n
ye been worked up ‘o the limit in othe

Yours very trmly,

pe
rt one of these enter-
yxy fields.

prises, as I ra

Feb, 17th. 1915.

tir. Nathan C. Johnson,
140 Cedar Street,
Yew York City.

My dear lir. Johnson:

Mr. Meadowcroft has laid hefore me your favor of the
third instant, and also the bound hook containing 2 statement
of your vork on cement with the microscope. This is very in-
teresting and valuable, and I beg to thank you for the opror-
tunity you have given me to look it over.

The microscope is truly & very practicable instrm-
ment for studying cement as comme rejally used, and yours is
the first reper on the sub ject that I have aeen. The micro-
scope detects about everything bed that can take place. Shere
4g very little doubt in my mind that we do not get more than
one-fifth of the value out of cement ,and we never will until
we oyiné it es fine as strontfium carbonate, mix it perfectly,
and throw waves in the wet mixture by pumping it to set the
air ont.

Tam retuming your hook by prepaid express to-day,

Yours very trey,

renernyonce careers

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Feb. 16th, 1915,

Mra. Rosa M. Willson,
Huron, 0.

Dear Mrs. Willson:

I have received your kind note of the eighth in-
stant, which I reed with a great deal of interest. Yes, I remem-
ber Charles Ying and am glad to hear that he is still enjoying
life. It seems a very long time to m since I sav him, for so
mch has trenspired in my life in all these years.

I am glad to lear thet you are well, and trust
you may live as long as my father did, namely to 94, esyecially
if you keep your health.

Yours very truly,

~
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Feb. 1%th. 1915.

New York City.

uy daar Ur. Spiers:
Your favor of the loth instent has heen
received, ad also the yackage of pooks whichvyou sent yes-

terday. tir. Edison has kept the Shultz and Julius “Organic.

Coloring Matters", and I have returned the otner four bocks
by express today.
My. Edison says Lt is not necessary to
take any steps about getting the ‘other books mentioned.
Thanking you for your prompt attention and

courtesy, 1 remain,

yours very truly,

Assistant tu Mr. wcison.

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Feb. 17th. 1915.

Warren Hardy, 2#9q4.,

621 - 822 Central Bldag.,
Seattle, Vash.

Dear Sir:

Your favor of the 27th ultimo was rece ived. In re-
ply I beg to say that I still control the patents of Talking
Motion Pictures. As these pictures were put out before the
public during the last three years it was only as & novelty,
and in that form is no longer commercial.

I intend to take up the subject agein in the Fall,
put generally like to work out such things myself, as T have
carried on a long line of experiments for a great many yeers
and have the matter well under way.

I could not offer your client any {néucement to come
Bast to experiment on this line.

Yours very truly,

spyegeraiihhs . Aspen sek pase gaveomy agg hen ee EE
se aperapperebar eee te :

147

1915.

Orr and Sembower,
Reading, Pa.

Sentlemen:
enameled steam jacketed kettles for ni-

preaaan

Do you make

trating hydrocarbons? Tf so, kindly send whatever printed

ether with prices, and

matter you have in relation therefor, tog

what you could do in the way of delivery.

Iam interested in all k

of all other Finds thet you m2 ke

so you may send me particulars

yours very truly,

inda of steam jacketed kettles,

150

Feb. 20th. 1915.

oe
u. B. Badger & Sons Co.,

63 - 75 Pitts Street,
Boston, Mass.

Gent lemn:

We are very sorry andezd to Team that your if.
Campbell is itl, ana trust that his is not @ serious case

and that he will make a quick recovery.

tir, Edison wants me to avite and sar to your
ur. Lunt that ve ere ready to redistill she teluol at or

Yorks, but he has not yet sent the extra devir-

Chemical
handle the higher potling

which he 381d was necessery +0

point toluol.

WLLL you ple your earliest aeone

ase send it on at

venience, end oblige,

Yours very erly,
Opt Wha fs he

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20th, 1915.

ir. Arthur H. Dadmun, Sec'y.,
Navy League of the United States,
Southern Building,

Washington, D. C.

Dear Sir:

I om in receipt of your favor of the 16th instant, in
regard to the convention of the Navy Teague of the United &tates
at San Frenciseo, and would say thie is the first intimation Tf
heave had in regard to ecting a5 delegate.

Let me say in reply to your letter that it will te ut-
terly impossible for me to attend the convention or to act as a
delegate. I an. busy Prom 18 to 20 hours a day on my large Isi-
ness interests and experimental work, and for this and other
reasons, I have practically withareaym from taking any part in
funetions of a public nature.

™herefore, I camot act as delegate, and if ny name

has been placed on a List of delegates, I beg to ask that it

woulée be withdrawn.

Yours very wy
AC chron

tir. Richard Noble,
Sheriden,

Hiles Beny,
coumty Dom,
Trelend.

Dear Sir:

T beg to ack ‘are receiyt of your interesting
favor of the fourth instant, vhich hes afforded m much
gretification. I thank you for the kind words you are rleased
to say in regard to myself and the phonograrh.

I am always glad to receive letters from those who
desire to have the better class of music. Some of the stuff that
we are obliged to put out is awful, but f record and market ag
much of the finer class of music as the general ypublic will
stand for.

In due time I expect to record all the great com-

; positions, and think that ultimately I shall be able to make

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oo records of even larse orchestras. ae

Yours ve ry aetly,
ZAG re ‘
Lthas Of Cel smn nen

169

Peb. 22nd, 1915.

lir. R. HW. Banister, Sec'y,
Woodward Iron Company,
Woodward, Ale.

Dear Sir:

Iam in receipt o% your Parox co? tne 13th instant, ace
in reply beg ‘to say that my proposition is to pot in a plant, at
7 own expense, to treat about LR or 14 mitlion feet of mas deily.

his pinnt is especially designed to he mide cheeply,
with high operating cost, instead of large invegtine nt and low op-
erating coat, in order to take advantage of high prices which will
last curing the War and probebly only a short time afterward.

"ne erection of my plant would not yrevent you from con-
gigering the installation of a4 permanent plant and would give you
plenty of time to exect it, and in the meantime you would be re-
ceiving an income from my plant without the investment of any
money on your part. I coulda erect a plent in 60 deys. At the
Cambria Steel Company's Coke Ovens I started to erect a plant on
the 20th of last month, and it will be running on Yarch first.

We pay fourteen (14) cents per gellon for pure Benzol
and Toluol shipred away from the plant, end ten (10) cents per
gallon Sor Xylol and Solvent Naphthas, but reserve the right to

4 back into the gas the Xylol and Naphtha in case we cannot sell

Consract to be for three years, one year firm,
ther two years we have the right to give ur and
paxt of the apparatus in case we cannot make

{t+ at a profit.
and as to the o
remove the removahle

4t pay at the price paid you. gant AR hy
yours ae 4 . pe
Fay ¢ are a ‘ *

Cer oe

Payee

Bed. Gand. 1915.

Ur. P. D. Block, Vv, Pres.,
Inland Steel Company,

2 + ational 3ank Blase,
Chicago, T1l.

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Dear Sir:

tT am in receipt of your favor of the 20th instant,
and am sorzy your people could not see their way clear to let
me put in my plant. f feel almost certain that I could heve
earned enough for you to pay for your permanent plant and give
you plenty of time to erect it. Under mY proposition 20 cz could
lose anything tut mrselz

yours very truly,

Heb. fend. L915.

lir, Willidth EB. WicXay, General Manager,
New England Gas and Coke Company ,

AlLL Devonshire Street,
Boston, MNase.

Dear Sir:

: I have received your ravor of the 19th instant, end shelt
pe glad to hear further from you after the retum of the president
of your Company.

In regard to the Benzol Recovery Plant at the Tackewanna,
Steel Company, Tf vould say that this nlant is not being erected
py me. IT danced attendance on their Board of Directors for six
seeks and then gave it up as hoyeless. Shey are now about te pus
in e@ standard plant, which ‘will probably take eight months t7 ecin-_
plete. If they had accepted my offer promptly they would now be
selling their product at a pood price and would have plenty of time
to put in their pe rinanent plent at mech less ¢ ost, if they desire
to do so. :

I find I shell not -be able to pay more ‘han fourteen (143
cents per gallon for pure Renzol and Tolnol shipped avey from the
plent, and every day that I lose meves it more of 2 gamble on ay
part, as prices will go to pleces, comparatively, when the War 18

over. ee
Yours ve ry tris ,
on

Che G Pees

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Web. 20th. 1915.

tir. V. Gordon Stair, Sales Maneger,
The Heliurray Sulky Company,
Marion, 0.

Dear Sir:

Your message of congratulations and good wisnes on my
birthday wes received, mda I write to express ty thenks to you
for your Kind remembrance of the occasion.

It is a source of much pratification to me to learn thet
you are so well pleased with tne Dictating Machines which you

purchased from us some years ago, and I trust that you will be able

to make use of the Jeter improverents. As you are probably avare,

it ig e matter of pride with me to have satisfied customers.

Yours very truly,

490

Peb, 22nd, 1915,

ir. 7. Taglialetela,
249 Kighth Avenue,
Vewark, T.

Dear Sir:
Your Pavor of the 12th instant was received and hes hed

Mr. Edison's personal attention. He wishes me to say to you that '

while he has not any vork for you at the present, he soy have late
on, He thinks you had better come over to the Laboratory and let
him hear you play. He will be busy tomorrow, and therefore could
not hear you, but on Wednesday or Thursday if you will come around
and ask for me I will arrange to have Ir. Edison hear you. Possi-
ply you might have to wait awhile as he might be engaged when you
vall, but we will arrange for him to hear you.
Yours very truly,
eee Eg

pare

Assistant to lr. Edison.

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Mr. Dudley 8. Crandall,
Sturgeon Bay, Wis.

Dear Mr. Crandall:

I have received your interesting 2 hed ox the
16th instant, and thank you for your congratulations and good
ea in regard to my birthday. They are all greatly eprre-

It is anite true that I dia talk to the rerre-
sentative of the World in regard to the hardening of tne er-
series, end I still think that that 4s what causes the disease
that we term old age. I think that mostiy hardening of the
arteries comes from French cooks , too many cocktails and too
amch ambition in regard to the quantity of food eeten. tT have
tried moderation, eat little, amd my arteries are e5 soft as

those of a baby.

The mmman body must have sulphur, end it usu-
ally gets sufficient through the reguier rood that is eaten,
especially eggs.

Phosphorous in olive o11 will catch fire in the
air, end water wil not yut it out.

Sulphur will not burn in & closed. pox, If you
put ea hole in it and plece the sulphur over tne water the

oxygen will come in the hole Lor sulphurous oxide. This gas
sll be absorbed py the vater and combine to form sulphurous

acid.

I hore you will Live to a hundred. We wilt

run a race.
yours very truly,

204

ieee Se

sith apn

Yr. Willian S. Fleming,
Box 638,
Montgomery » Ale.

3
Wa
Bs

Dear Sir:
avor of the Lith 4nstant,
aN

ch money on S-

4 of your £

I em in recelT
T neve Lost 30 mu

an reply that

g with color photogrerhy thet
ave Lost ali int

vr T have & sort

ena vould say
just now

re riment in,
erest there in

of " gronch” on the subject, and nh
for the time ye ing.

Thanking

you for your yind offer, T remain,

yours very truly,

205

: Feb. 22nd. 1915. |
i

Vir. Be Pp. Harris, Preses
Hont clair Co-operative Society,

51? Bloomfield Avenue,
Montclair, MN. de
Dear Mre Barris:

Replying to your f
me over some aay

nstont, F beg

eror of the 1th 1
TLL Give

+o say that 1f you will co this week I
g you ask.
r telephone to my

W. Ee

a the five minute
You nad hette

yo
Assistent, ire

Headowerort pefore coming over.

Yours very sraly 7

Ped. Bend. 1915.

lir. Albert #. Hoyt, Sec'y.,
State oP New York Conservation Commission,

Albany, 3. Y.

Dear Sir:

I beg to acmowle dge receipt of your favor of the 16th

instant, and am very greatly pleased to lear that the recital
given by lr. Morgan was 80 satisfactory to the membersof your Club

vour kind expressions of opinion in regard to the Diamond Dise

Phonograrh are greatly apprec fated.
Yours very truly,

s.
a

O1n

7 we Peb., 24rd. 1915

Rev. Eugene C. Makogky,

™irst Methodist Protestant Church,
Clinton and Treacy Avenues,
Newurk, 7. d.

Dear Sir:

Your favor of the 22nd instent has peen handed to me,
and T hasten to expreas my regrets cn leaming of the wifor*u-
nate experience you had last Friday night in connection with
the Diamond Dise Phonogreph Recital.

She young men whom I employ te sive these ree’ tals
are selected with the utmost care that we can exercise, and this
4g the first Instance of misbehavior that we have exrerienced.
lir. witts had been with us only 2 fev days, and none of us were
aware that he waa a drinking man. Being a alnister of the
Gospel you well understand that the frailties <f human nature
will erop up in mont unexpected ways

Tam dceply chagrined at this unfortunate occurrence,
and shall be obliged if you will windly exprese to your people
my great regret that the pleasure of the evening should heve bee.
thus marred by the migeonduet of oneof my men. tT trust you will
give me an oprortunity to make reparation by civing you mothe r
recital on som day to be arranged.

net me add thet such an experience will not he rereated

4n any other case, 80 far as tir. Kitts is concerns 4, Bs I have
dismissed him from my employ at once. T would not retain in ay
enploy &® mam of this kind. mais :

yerrs very beeiy,

i ees
KY OE ead pean ys
ma, Beta Lak iy Gera ee ee
te

Web, eend, 1yli,

tir. A. A. Holbeck, Chief IMnpineer,
The Bonnot Comyany,
Canton, 0.
Dear Sir:
Replying to your favor of the 19th instant, I bes to

say that the explosion ycu refer to vas occasioned by fine coal

dust catching fire and burning alovyly in a yit, thus forming an

expleosive gas with the oir. his exploded and Killed five men.

Please let me emphasize the feet that it was not the dust it-

self that exploded.
Yours very truly,

i
'
;
t

Beb. 24th. 1915.

The Heller &@ Merg Comrany,
iv

Newark, WW.
Gentlemen:

22nd instant in

T have received your favor of the
of our Toluol in

reference to the distillation that you made
your Laboratory.
Ye have the seme Laboratory apparhtus that you de~
scribe, and 70:5 was what we obtained.
eeting to distill your 1800 gallons in the

T am exp

near future.
Yours very tly,

224

FPeb. 24th. LVLd.

tir, EB. G, Diebold,

“tir, Henry Ford,
Detreit, Mich.

Gear Ii. Liebold:

ur, Edieen vants me to write and aa you to

e vou ylace your sere

asgertain od advise ime 23 to whet angle

nachines relative to the Line shafting.

an early reply would he greatly aypyreci at
py Mr. Edison.
Yours very truly,

| ee Le

Baistn.

Asgistant to iir.
%“ Y

i
:

lr. Chas. H. lMeCurrie,

ale ©

2225 Clinton Aveme,
Alameda, Cal.

Dear ir. MeCurrie:
Your favor of the 14t

T heve cilso received today | cory of

"In Quest of rruth".

complinent you have paid

t shall have it played and sug for

as the beautiful pi

congratulations will be in order.

Allow m to express my ayyre

me in sending me 4

ece of mimeograph

edie
Yours V eyy truly ,

229

Feb. 82nd. 191

h instant come to hand, and
the allegorical cantata
elation of tt
cory of this eantet
me. If-the music is 85 OC

printing thet you heave de:

ae |

Reis cee

Seb, 22nd. 1915.

Phonograph Shop Itd.,
167 Syerks Street,
Ottawa, Canada.

ADOENTIOH OF 25

Im. HA. ENGED.

Dear Sir:
Your favor of the 17th instant has heen referred to

‘thet we shall have plenty of the

me, and in veyly I beg to say

Qe%3
Crile

Find of records you mention, both on the Dise and on the

inder.
As to Trench records, the market is se Limited that

we have not made many or inem.. However, “re have recently con-

tracted with lime. Verlet, Prima Donna of the Grand Oyera in

Paris. ‘She is now the greatest Coloraturea soyrano in the world.

She will sing mostly in Trench.

We cannot get any more records from lime Delna until

the ar is over:

yours very truly,

233

Feb. 24th. 1925.

GentRenens
of tne 23rd gnstent in re-

he Dominion Iron ana
He wishes mE

for t

gard to the two Cheek
now seme to ur. Edison.

& Steel Company 18 going
. ma

steel Company, = Q ive

re)

to say to yout nion Tren an

het the Dont
et Cambria steel dorks

Edism's piaat
dust the game.

ag pn aBK you not to for
tr. Junt nas

{ to auplicate hr.
| therefore the aiihis will be

te gino rege ste

get that he

ry sxe be CUWS E

cannot @istill nis Roluol 2% Sib
3 fouat as ft reached this

not fixed UP the still 28 he promise.
part of the Letter yor selegrem bo go I shall
expect your Jetter and blue wint i= ube ramming.)

ours vergft

Assistent to Vre BALLOT «

sen NI
ena FO oy aot at

sersanaeaeae

248 |

Feb. 25th. 1915.

ar
eA ity,

aad,
#
’

Mr. ®. E. Iucas, wr

eo fe

Dominion Iron & Steel Co.,
112 St. James Street, ;
Montreal, Canada.

Dear Mr. Lucas:

your favor of the 24th instent was received and

shown to tir. Bdison at once. Fe has instructed me to send you
the following telegram.
wtar O31 Aistilling ov
grade Best for absorbing - none ove
used. :
If Hirzel
at 116 Centigra
oil for months,

+ion when it becomes loa
line as absorbing power

Yours very truly,

er between 240 and 300 Centi-
r 300 should be

still for distilling off Benzol is keyt
de there is practically no loss of
put. should be cleaned by distilla-
ded with Tar and Yaphtha-

aiminishes.”

Assistant to Vr. Fdison.

t
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| F
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fen RA Hy
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= 240 i
aw ao ‘ |
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/ a
a . vt ff
, y. <
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oa ; 1215..
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ey n. Oubario j
\ Canadas” Upc, ep ee
Canada. : Ce
Dear Sir: ;
: Your fayor of the 190} tnatant
§ your not buy car 2.3ba chment whereby you ear
a on our ening 2 neh. betier then the Wigter
7 You can then near whe ther thesc grest
13 can be ¢@ naracterized. ag great. They ave ereat art ee
iB. cause of their ve $O-€8 ,- bat on.acoount of their Sina
gor ality. Miere are onky bares good yolces tn .the- Opera.
York, to wit, Caruse, Matnen vaner and Case; the othe xs ore
z tA gta: yn tave poor: -yoLCes ZOE voices of “elba,
, senbyvicn, und Hames “have faded, Tne Yicuor Tonk ar
aE_Lt ut she iy pusiness antirely - py persistent adver tis-
tnese artists, put they said n hotning abhewts being preat
Jugt get The- meogr aa, and s<¢ if they are creat gimeern.
aia you wi 1 ge] part ven Ttell you thet
use gions: of our ands an@ orenestras are ere highest paid
nentelists in the - Unite? States. They are “eRe rick ee
fron the “ev ; York . Byaupheny, he. 2 Dad harmonic
4 “ebropel ibe 36 OFG we stTas and prozes Seicua
2 hey times, when off rehearsals.
1 3 You cannot get from Shur roh 7 ngtra tut very fer coed
vyotees. Should you EVEé? , to Ovrange Wwe Gen show you tne
j records % z and volese, mes Tere
fifty of 7} at iwt one
in Mew Yorr
{
i You say
machines and only
1 machine S. That ws. 3 my .
\ 4neory aian't OrK + She "yer pie “
it of h cel macnines. This
menmb “f the family.
‘
| .
i ;
|
4
}

if
\p \

-2- j

I think you eere in avfe same position YW
first, wnevare of the "fal: ery "in metec 3 Por Instance, eg
the sreatest orchestra leaders in the vorld.ie Tocranini of the
‘Metropolitan Opera House, who condnets rir ty-lour Neras from :
memory. Sor te years he has been oritieized by every susiceal
eritic in New York for pla aving the ore hestra too ‘Lond when tne
3ingers were at work, on the rround thet the peorle came te —
hear the singing not the orchestra. Yet he yaid no attentie

to the critics for the reason that he was compelies to de it
by the singers ee g0 as to drown the defects of their
voices, That yart that gets over the orchestra sounds ocad
especially when the eye is satisfied, Tut this kind of a cincer
iais pretty raw proj osition ons yhonograrh which recorés and
reproduces every defect.

You will find Im time that the Ed@igen will have 121
the really €at singers and instrumenteallatea end at the same
time the Victor mey a the great artists. Wve have now rec-
ords of I me. Verlet, Prime “Donna of the Paris Orera House, the
ereatest Coloratura Soprano in the world.

Should you ever come-to New York cume over and sce
me. ;

Yours very truly,

Se ae a NRTA ES,

TA Alaa

26%)
8
vy

Veb. 26th. 1915.

Mr. Willian BE. McKay, Generel Manager,
: The New Ingiand Gas & Coke Company,
L1l Devonshire Street,
Boston, Hess.

Dear Sir:

FE SE Fetes ete Te a eceieces

Iam in receipt of your favor of the 25th instant, Bay

ete.

contents of which have been noted. aan
‘ nl Alay

ve
ere,
wieeeeee

ee
E507

You can install a temporary absorber, costing you

tre
a ene ie

nee
ett

Teaco

about twelve thousand dollars (312,000), to make very ernde
Benzol and relieve the pressure that is dxisting at present
for Benzol. You could sell it to & number of people and get

back your investment and make & fine profit in & few months.

Our Government was ghort of Picric Acid, which as

you probably Ymow is made from Carbolic Acid. I am letting

them have ell the Carbolic for which TI can get Benz01, but

since your letter has been received I fear T have arrived

at pretty near the end of my rope.

yours very truly, ;

i? y
AY ct Cd eile

268

Feb. 26th. 1915.

tir, Moritz PF. Rubinstein,
504 West 151st Street,
New York City.

Dear Sir:
Your favor or the 26th instant to Er. efigon waa reé-

gus to say in reply that ne ig so excee ding-

cetved. He request
able to Listen ye rsonali

ve that he will not be y to

ly busy he
Mr. RNogendlatt. He can go to our
and make & trial rec
ons. This will be sen

Recording Deyartm nt at 79
of the

ord there of any one

a4fth Avenue
4 over tO it.

rear ret.
Career

standard operatic gelecti
He is so exceé dingly w.sy now that he

aeeret
Sherrie

yaison for his hearing -
will not have time to hear if. Rogenbdlatt personally -
Recording vepartne nt, you

with him to our
+ over to

If you 5°
ich can also he sen

oan also mke 2 roll record, wh

tir, Edison.
Yours very truly,

saison Lab oratory.

af
1
t
i

eee rrere,

243

7 postwick & Thoms,
Two Reotor Street,
Mew York City.

Gent Lemen:

Replying to your unded in your favor
anetent, peg to
My. Beach has had
agate of the one
came to see me,
T cannot yemembe
Beach wanted t
ry for pattery ©

e it.

ery iews with Mr.

questions propo
answer a8 follows:

of the 24th
jews with

1.
I cannot give the

2. Wr Moncks
oned his name.
a 100g time Mr.
n Storage patte
yefused to giv
h had mny int

pondreds of interv
you refer tO.
and HY. peach fre-
ry Cognian.

he exclus ive

quently mnti

3. For
ars in

for the Rai.so
I have always
4, I think wr. Beac
Pore ign Department -
tt remember that
14 Mr. Beach +
ry could not »
ry amy |

rad

agency
Aus tralia.

ne aid.

nat the AustTe

e had a8 regard
oe)

stevens of our
5. I don
6. I always to
4orage Batte
Yours Vé

Lien rights

g card.

to the Raison 8

yx ES)

Fab, 20th, 1915.

vr. Gloyd UW. Chapman,
Westinghouse Church Kerr & Co.,
57 Well Street,

New York City.

Dear Mr. Chapman:

I brought your letter to Mr. E¢ison's attention,
as promised, and he made e memorandum on 44 for reply. I can-
not tell for the life of me whether I have olready sent you the
reply or not, put T am afraid I didn't, pecause your letter is
turning up in a place where it ought not to have been.

iir. Edison wanted me to say to you thet the Ben-~-
z01 Plant is too involved vor outsiders who have not haa any
previous experience in this line, and he has had to do it him-
self. The Cambria Bompany aid the steel work, gill set up, at
an exceedingly low yrice.

He says that he 4ried linseed oil treatment, and
it seems good, but he is trying a lot of other things.

vours very truly,
3

: “ ‘¢ Ces “€

Agsig tans to ir. Edisen.

ile

284

Feb. 27th. 1915.

Mr, E.G. Liebdold,
Seo'y. to Henry Ford,
Detroit, Mich.

Dear Mr. Liebold:

I have received your favor of the 25th instant

in regard to an Erficiency Engineer, end have shown the same

to Hr. Edison.

He wishes me to say that he has all the de-
tails that have been published in several numbers of the Engi-
ig one man familiar with the

neering News, and all he wants
nformation for say 4 week.

lay out. & man who could give him i
Yr. Edison says the fact is, he Yas n
He is laying out the whole plant himsel
fe thinks that ster he gets

o one whom he can gend.
f£ with the aid of

draughtsamen. through, Mr. Fora
will be pleased with it.
Yours very +ruly,

Assistant to Mr. Beison.

TOE ee ee

Se este Sa asec

see

“eee

i
"
\
i

reer aets

299

io -
i /
fh
rae
we. a gos Mar. lst. 1915.
a orn, eee

Mr. R. H. Banister, Seq Yes
Woodward Iron Company ,
Woodward, Ale.
Dear Sir:

; I have received today your favor of the 25th ultimo,
and in order to give you the information as quickly 48 possi-
ble I have sent you a night letter telegram as follows:

"YJsuol amount absorbable hydrocarbons two to two
and half gallon per ton coal coked. Think your
gas will give fully two and nalf, of which 67
per cent Benzol, 17 Foluol, balance Xylol and
Solvent Naphthas."

‘rusting that this will give you the desired infor-

mation, I remain,

tay
pe

eae

rere?
ceeenaatee
age
pee Swed

er
Spare

ner *

pnanehe Tested

ate,

Kar. 18t. 1915.

‘tr, BF. 5. Lucas,
112 St. James St., we,
HMontreal, Canade.

Dear Ifr. Lucas:

The folloving is very important . Please read care~
fully.

You should provide for a serubber filled with gravel,
or broken stone, or steel plates (not excelsior OF other con-
pustible) bace take the not gases fron heatin or your yetorts, and

4
wn to 75 Pahr. or Less. The object of this is that if

coo n ra
you open The benzol absorbing tovers at any tim you cen snus off

the regular gas ana pess the cold carbonic gas through ta wash out
the regular gas-

When you close the absorbinr towers again, ready to

yonic gas ¢hrough the absorbing towers and test it at the other end
to see that 4t comes thr ough freely and that all air has been dis-
placed pefore you pass the regular gas through. Otherwise, you my
get explosions. We had & small one at Cambria, and wilh pat the
sorubber in and have 44 going tomorrow -

Benzol is the only ges that electrifies by friction
ana gives oparks - I# there 48 any air in the system you would be
Liable to have these explosi ons. therefore » 4t is better to dis-
place all air that comes in by using well cooled carbonic acid gas
from your stacks. In Germany 4t is compulsory - T forgot to ao it.

I mgeest also that you sgroant es Re aver
{cally > onneoting & sire to the pipes ng into we 5 Boil.
trically by ° ae ;

Yours very tralzs sae _

"es eo ies
a Baer f
le 5

RS Rae ye ye

pee)
‘pon
we]

Mr. Sidney B. Paine, Ngr.,
Will Power Depart nt,
General Blectric Company,
84 State Street,
Bos ton, Mass.
Dear itr. Paine:
T nave received your favor of the 23rd instant,

and am glad to hear from you after the lapse of such a long

time. I see you are one of the few who have stuck to the game

all these years, and I trust everything is well with you.

I shell be gied to sheke hends with your nephev,

nformation that he comes +co late, 23
me Little time ace

put vould say fer your i

all fumiture for the offices was bought so

most of it has pean delivered.

and
when you are in this vicinitr,

Some day, aroy

in at the Taboretory -
Yours very trvly,

o2k

Mar. lst. 1915.

‘Mr. Herbert J. Turney,

Adjutant General's Departme nt,

. Office of Judge the Advocate General,
Cleveland, 0.

Dear Sir:

Since writing you a few days &ge I have found your
favor of the 17th instant, and beg to Say in reply that the

matter you refer to will receive our investigation.

Yours very traly,

x din eS

Assistant to if. Edison.

Mar. 2nd, 1915.

Mr. John Barrett,
Director General,
ora co
Dear Sir:

Your telegram to lr. Kaipon was received at his house
last night, hence the delay in reply until today. He has wired
you that any hour on Friday will be egreeable, from nine in the
morning to five in the evening, except between one and two o'
clock. :

fhe beat way to com here from New York is by the
Tackawanns Ratiroad, and IT enclose time table herewith.

You should leave the train at Orange. If you walk up
to the Mein street, which is one block from the stationg, you
can get 2 trolley car for West Orange - This will bring you
right to the door of the Laboratory. The Laboratory ts a brick
puilding surrounded by 8 fence. There is & Gate«House there,
ana if you ask for me, I will attend to the rest.

Yours very truly,
Hash de ae

g Ap Me Stai ai, 4, be ws

fad
Assistant to Mr. va

327

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7 ae
ae en Mar. Ist. 1915.
ae ae Pi i
Bee ua i
LA y 4
virs. Bleecker Bangé, a“ Sa gol
400 Lafayette Avenue,
Brooklyn, N. Y- ‘

Dear Badan:

I have received your favor of the 24th altimo, and would
say in reply that by long practice I have schooled myself to eat
very little, - 80 Little indeed that no working girl would consider

it, as she would think that 4t was not enough. Most people eat two
or three times too moh, thus filling the ir systems with poisons and
laying themselves open to all kinds of diseases.

One pound of food daily is, in 17 opinion, plenty for 4
shop girl. It may te of great variety, includ ng pread, butter,
peans, pork, codfish, smoked herring, peas, potatoes ete. With

a Little gas stove and a few dishes and a study of the subject, 2

couple of girls can Live finely for 4 surprisingly smell amount of

money, and be more healthy and have pe tter comple xi ons than if they '
Lived at Delmonice’s.- i: |
Cooking 19 @ Stnay. ta chemistry, smd also an art that can a

: }

ve cantly acqired:

reer
Secsteest ees

Yours very vruly,

ORIGRER RE
neers

reverent:

craters

mate

ESTER
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4

wees

Ip
ae War. bt. 1915.

tir. William Rice Hochster,
e7 - 89 Fifth Avenue,

New York City.
Dear Sir:

Your favor of the 24th instant was received. In reply
T beg to say that on account of our disastrous fire at this plant
in December we are not Just ready to take up the question of the
ace tyl-ce llulose at thie time. We are, however, interested in
getting some sheet eelinuloid 1/32" thick, of good texture. DO
you make it?

Yours very truly,

304

ak Meroh 2nd, 1915.

ur. v. He hason,

% Coke Oven Department ,
Cambria Steel Oo.,
Johnstown, Pa.

Dear Hr. Mason:
I veecive this momming the two photo-

he Benzol Plant, taken on

eraohs which you sent of t
lin. Taison and he was

Tebruary 25th. I showed thom to

pleaseG with them.

fle wants you to
her close Tangs,
he phosograrns ,

mon
R1LS6

nave & phogerzern
and ther

of the Ansoroing gowers at. rat

wants 4 half a doz
ose sont yestorday
a possibly

WALL you please

en copies of ali of t
and the new one
y others thot you muy

fneLuding th waiech TI

have just mentioned, an
think weil to nave this
sttended to at you

Yours ve

have made.

y earli est convent gence?

matter
ry truly,

ay
Log
if

G3
ore
‘\ ~~

Mar. lst. 1915.

ir. Prederick H. Tidnan,
105 West 13th Street,
Oklahoma City, Okla.

Dear ii. . Tidnam:

I have received your favor of the 22nd instant, and
am sere Zoi WI}) be glad to learn that our factory is in full
blast, and we are “guzning cst lote of goods . We started mam-
facturing twenty-two days’ ae the fire.

Jotn ost 18 wehis with H&, mad is working here at
the Laboratory. Any letter so addreased will reach hin.

Yours very truly,

} 4
ie

339

sya. LYLS.

Hare

p. B. Shaw, BSq er

Warpiamsport. Pa.

Dear Shaw:

gould you consider & prepoat &

& doliare to 4

five to thirty tronusean
aniline sik and one or two other heme eee eiiis:
Chenicals ie

majce

made there Tron. Moe demand for these Ragke BoLor

enozmmons ani the prices are grom three to our times normal. These
g the war. After the war

1 certainly not aiminish aur in

qs will teke at le ast eight mo
even then there 18 good profit.
4tg the only free Benzol an t

paid pack fr

nthe to a year %0 come back to normal
I will hav
ne United States.

ana after +nat
I will furnish

prices wil
e on excess of Ben-

and
myself and

gol and’
on profits ;

is girst to be
ofit.

even on PT
the pisnt y have option om at

at orange:

plent ana split

tej own the
na thet from

fron my plent 6
s per gallon

capt
to Me»
nety days:

BenzolL

ten (10) cent
T think

apove c03t
y pack gn ni

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I propose making from Benzol the follow ing:

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473 vith Avenne,
New York City.
Year lr. Babson:

Mr. Wilson handed me your favor of the 24th ultimo
enclosing e& report made by your salesmen as to the requests for
records «f different artists, including many of the Viotor list.

I am glad to see this report and to have the in-
formation, brt it has very little significance so far as concerns
New York, where everything is Victor. We now have forty-five
recital men in New York City, working constantly, and get reports
of all recitals and what the people Bay. By March 20th we will
have caused 1,000,000 people in New York to have heard the Bdison
Phonograph.

Any person may hear Victor artists by buying an
attachment, tut they dom't seem to hanker for these artists after
they get the attachment.

Yours very truly,

;

BA (UE

Da thagSaree AOEE

046

Mar, 2nd. 1915.

Hr. W. G. Fawoett,
Salem, Ohio.

Dear Sir:

Your favor of the 18th nitimo has been handed to me, and
I note your desire to have one of our Demonstrators work in your
town and vicinity.

Por the present we can only use these demonstrators in
the larger cities, but ont of our 2300 disc dealers, there are
about 1160 who are giving recitals themselves on every opportunity
they get, and they are certainly making a majority of the sales.
This recital business semns to be the best kind of advertising.

Yours very traly,

348

ifarch 2nd, 1915.

ba. He S&S. Kennedy,
1526 Betnall Streat,
Wilmington, Del.

Dear Sir:
Iam in zecoipt of your favor of the 27th

ultimo, and beg to say in reply that with our present

is 5D 8 OS eta

factory method and printing it would be a matter of great
aiPfficulty to make the change you suggest.

It may interest you to learn that we have

some of James Whitcomb Riley's roems recited by a professional.
These heve slroady been recorded, and we hope to issue them
Boon.

Let me suggest that you keep your eye open

for our suprlements of this record, as we have retmtly made

somo fine ones with splomaid singers, and they will soon be
issued.

: Soux very troly,

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Yeith Car Compeny,
122 South wichigan Avé-:

Chicago, Til.

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stating trat you hed
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be sate rested 4n this proposition,

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Mar. Srd. 1915.

Mr, Ghaxtes E. Spiers,
D. Van Nostrand Company,
26 Park Place,
New York City.

Dear Mr. Spiera:
A few days ago 7 received the presentation copy

of Steadman's "Unit Photography”, recently. published py you, and

I want to express my thanks fox the gam. I have looked over

the book with a good deal of {nterest, and am having my experts

examine it.
I wish you woud please thank Hr. Steadman for
I

his kind offer to come over and ace me - may avail myself of

his courtesy later on after my axvnert makes & seport to me. :
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Se oeal gs Fw

4i2

Mar. 6th, 1915.

Mr. R. L. O'Donnell, Chairman, P.R.R.
Rxecutive Comm. of Associated R.R. of Penn, & N.

SRL Gompgroiar Tyust Building,

G4
.

Dear Sir:

I received vour favor of the 2nd instant
ana to be frank, this seems to me to be about the
most impracticable prorosal to get workmen to help

defeat the law as could well be devised.

pnocwermere Ta Thi
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worlmen could understand? Show that the added

expenses to the railroad must come out of the

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people who work and that 95% of the people in
' yf jth.
the United States are working rbbfie. Show them
“ee

that the law hss proposed, would give an easy Job

for a lot of men who are entirely unnecessary and
who don't like work and all this at the expense
of those who must work without any special law or
anything else to help them.

The workmen if they vant to have this
law changed can wr'te to any member named inthe

pook giving their opinion for or against the law

and why.

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A ~ 6th, 1915,
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J. H. Plummer Esq. ft $ i
Hotel Chamberlin, ieecuill f
Old Point Comfort, :
Virginia‘

My dear Mr, Plummer:

Answering your letter of the 5%
instant. I would say that the plant will take care of
about thirteen to fourteen million feet of gas. You
can run more thraugh but vou will lose Some benzol but
as all the Toluol. The Benzol’ is the hardest to get
out.

Your test shows that you only absorb
two gallons from a ton of coal, whereas you should get
two and one half gehlons, and if your coal is as rich
as you say it is it cértainly will give that much.

Iucas Imows all about inereasging the capacity of plant.

It is eas'ly done. Our Cambria plant is going well,
making crude Benzol and foluol. Next week when tants
sre full we will start refining.

Yours very ty, )
2s

Oia

March 6th. 1915.

Mir. Baward R. Stettinius,
43. P. Morgan & Comyany,
23 Wall Street,
New York City.
Dear Mr. Stettinius:

I am in receipt of your favor of the third
instant, and beg to say in reply that my plant is now mking
orude Benzol and Moluol. I want to £411 our large tanks be-
fore starting to refine. I te lieve T shall be able to refine
the Toluol. to meet the British Governrent's specifications.

T know it is nee dea, and vill nurry as fast

as possible. poe og

Mr. sucupeuegee ta tells os that he extended
an invitation to you in my name to drop over some day and see
me. I take gre at pleasure in confirming that invitation per-

gonally to come and see me. aa

Yours eee: truly

oo A Sone

cle

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422

Mareh 68th, 1915,

,
New York City,
Zar Sir:.
q Answering your letter of the
Pourth inst. Mr, Edison directs me to
write you thet he would be pled to met i
Dr. ¥rishna. You tea better telerhone

the writer before leaving for Orange to

430

March 1lOth. 1915,

Me Ratt, Banister, See'y.,
Woodvard Tron Company ,
Woodward, Ala.

Dear Mr. Banister:

i'r. Meadowcroft has Just returned full of enthn-
Siasm about your unique and wonderful plant. He has riven me
the substance of his interview with you on Monday, and I feel
encouraged to believe, from whet he says, that we are coing to
make ea deal topether, Ny Renzol Plant at Cambria Steel Comrany
= working splendidly, and we are getting lots of Benzol from

There is no reason why we can't soon te do ing
the game at Woodward, and also no reason why you can't also do
it, because I am entirely willing to furnish you with all the
plans and details for a plant for yourselves, 28 well as mine,
if we make a deal.

It is quick money for us voth if we jump in right
now while the cream igs on top, and you can always put in a per-
manent plant at a future time if you so desire.

Mr. Meadowcroft tells m that he has invited you

to call in and see m at the Laboratory next time you are up
North, and I cordially confirm that invitation. The latchstring

hangs out for you.
Yours very truly, -———S?
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wa ae

March 9th. 1915.

lirs. Bleecker Bangs ,
490 Lafaye tte Avenue,
Brooklyn, mW. Y,

Dear Madam:

Replying to yows of the 6th instunt regarding fooa
for reople Sné gazed in different ocmuyetions, I tee to state
het human beings are 11 mde on the same plan, in Tact, ve
are enzines or rather motors ami all should heave the same fuel,
and the plainer it ig the better. People eat entirely too much.
When I vas a telesrarph operator I lived in hall bedrocms mad i¢
what T recommend the cirls to do, cooked my orn fooa.

if tvo girls resolved to epend for Pood one goller
each a week they conld get slong on that amomt, tnt it rec uires
study. Three and one-half rounds of food a week js all that is

necessary and unything heyone that te eati ne simy

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food to themselves. It -ust he neatly done and in style, even |
when ther are alone, They shonlé save on focé, texe the daily

paper, SO to @ movie nov and then, ana spend the balence on

clothes and remember that three-quarters of all the peorle in

Belgium would & beypy + exchanse places with them.

Yours very traly,

432

March Yth. 1915,

Mr. Clinton Biddle,
Ohio University,
Athens, 0,
Dear Sir:
Replying to yours of the fifth
instent, I beg to state that I never mde

statementsthet our Navy was’ inefficient.
I stated that tlere wan't enough of 1t.

We are a rich people, one hundred
million strong and we kmow now that there
are burglars about.

Yours very truly,

433

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te. Bmery H. Chase, ai

Pawhuska, Okla.
Dear Bir;

Replying to your letter of the fourth instent regard-
ing an article in the Pathfinder of Washington, D. C., I beg
to say that yo have entirely misunderstood my interviews. Wheat
T 7a an by business men are those who are legitimete mrchants,
and the men who build new factories and push things and give en-
ployment to others, but who borrow the money from Capitalists.
Laws have creatly hampered these men and they have truly lost
their nerve. They shonld be given a free hand to go ahead, aprly-
ing the law only to those who by manipulations ottsin that which
they are not entitled to.

You say I have tventy millions. How could a man Like
myself have that much money. TI have works that are worth two and
one-half million dollers, the accumulation of forty-five years.

I give employment to four thousand men and am the hardest worker
in the bunch. I get nothing more out of it than they do and there

are thousands Like me and me are hampered continuously by les

which are meant for the erooks and not for us.

Yours very-trily ;

Pam

Mr. R, H. Banister,
Secretary, Woodward Yron Co.,
Woodward, (Ala. .

Dear Hr, Banister:

IT have received your favor of the 9th insta.
the. contents of which have had my attention. I will comme; .
on your points in the order in which they come. :

1. As to the water, I have already wired you
that I think the 500,000. gallons of cold water a day from the
mine will ‘be mfficient to tale care of my plant and yours al-
so if you decide to use my plans and put one in,

' 2. Iam quite willing to-have the contract
read I shall pay'you 1é¢ cents a gallon for "atl pure Benzol
and toluol absorbed and refined at said plant". This wiil

leave ‘the shipping to me.

3. In.reference to the word "pure" as regards
benzol ad toluol, :I-use that word in the commercial sense.
-Y.do not.mean the oxide’. This mat be. dteatillet and treated
with: sulphuric acid’ to take out paraffines and other: hydro-
carbons in orderito get "pure" béenzol. |

4. As to ‘the last paragraph of my proposition
of March 8th. providing for an option. to purchase from you. as
stated therein, this simply means thet if you should ean?" iny,
I.want the option of purchasing the quantity mentions: . true
market price. ; :

I think this disposes of al] ti eisai tc, amd
feel sure Yon will be relieved about th: OO eater
after getting my telegram. IL you #f-r: Lr &e per
changes indicated and telegraph m ¢%: % wadled as
suggested by fir, Meedoworoft, I wii “9 order

the equipment.

Maroh llth. 1915.

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March 11th. 1915.

Mr. FP. N. Brady,

54 Wall Street,
New York City.
Friend Brady:

Glad you will come in with me » we will help a
good many people out of a serious condition, ‘and at the. same
time be well rewarded. My proposition is to go right ahead
and quickly put together a plant to minufactwre Aniline,
Nitrobenzol, Diphenylamine and Acetanilid. All these are.
made from Benzol, which IT now. can get. :

I think $35,000 wilt cover the plant F pro-
pose putting in. If you witl place the money to ny erecit,
Twill give orders for mobinery ete.. When bills come in
I will draw check, send it over to Murray to countersign and
pay it.

You are to be yaia all the profits until you
have received all your money hack, tnen we on the plent

Jointly and split the profits. If this is o. x,, telephone

Yours very trly, 2

Aha Ea

to me through Meadowcroft.

Reccansece:

Ke {th Car Company, mee
Peoples Gas Building,
122 South Michigan Ave.,

Chicago, Ell.
Gentlemen:

TY have received your favor of the 8th. instant, and
also your telegram, for which please accept my thanks. Tf
‘have carefully noted the explanation that you have given me,
ana thank you for being so explicit.

Y'wish to place my order with you for two - ten
thousand gallon tank cars, fo be leased to me for one year at
twenty-five dollars ($25) per car per month, provided thet you
can fumish oars which will carry benzol, tolnol, xylol and
solvent neaphthas w ithout leskAng -

From a careful reading of your letter, I judge that
it wili be advisable to have these cars bear the name "Keith
Tank Line", and oarry your numbers. Of course, F should pre-
fer to have you attend to the collection of the mileage from
the railroad company, as you are entirely familiar with the
methods of attending to this part of the business.

Please forward the cars to Thomas A. Bdison, % Cam-
bria Steel Company, Johnstom, Pa. T understand that you will
deliver the cars at Johnstowm free and accept them back their
on the termination of the lease.

Prompt shipment is very desirous, as my Benaol is ao-
cumulating very fast.

March llth. 1915.

Lith. 1915.

Mr. William EB. McKay, V. Pres.,
The New England Cas and Coke Co.,
LLL Devonshire Street,

Boston, Mass.

Dear Sir:

I am in receipt of your favor of the 10th instant,
and would say in reply, that it is true I have completed my
Benzol Plant at Johnatovm, Pennsylvania, and thet the dest
was withethree or four thousand dollers of the figure you
name. Instead of taking sixty days, however, the plant was
finished in thirty yorking days after breaking ground.

You are quite at Liberty to *isit my Renzo] Plant
1f you wish, when you go to Johnstown. nee aa, |

Yours very truly,

44s

March 12th. 1915.

Hr. R. H. Banister,
Secretary, Woodward Iron Co.,
Woodvard, Ala.

Dear Mr. Banister:

I amsending you down by this mail a few pictures
showing our Benzol Plant at the Cambria Steel Company, Johnstown,
Pa. These ere Later then the ones I shoved you on Monday, as
they have heen taken since the plant was in operation. When you
realize that all this was done in twenty-nine working days from
the time of breaking ground, I think you will aprreciate that we
don't let the grass grov under our feet.

T told Mr. Edison about your great plant down there,
and he was very much interested. He has written you geveral letters,
and TI trust that everything is now in good order for your discus-
sion with Mr. Woodward on Monday.

Tam still fll of pleasamt recollections of my fly-
ing trip and your kind reception.

With cordial regards, I remain,

Yours very trmly,

i “ 4

Assistant to tf. Eaibon. |

March 13th. 1915.

Mr. Jd. R. Pitman, VY. Pres. & Gen'1 Mer. ,
Duriron Castings Company,
90 Vest Street,
New York City.
Dear Sir;
I beg to thank you for your favor of the 12th instant
written to lir. Meadowcroft.
Will you kindly call Mr. Meadowcroft up on the tele-
phone Monday and advise as to the following:
If I send you a pattern for a pot about fourteen in-
ches wide and fourteen inches deep, as per enclosed fough sketch,

hov’ soon could you cast one so that I could try an experiment

under 75 pounds pressure.
Sane
Can Duriron be machined readily? .--"

Yours very truly,

ier

March 13th, 1915,

Mr. S, Takaki, Asst - Mer.,

. Mitsui ¢, Company , Ltd.,

25 Madison Avenue ,

New York City,
Dear Sir:

I have received your favor of the
regerd to the Dyphenylamine ,
is impossible at this moment
hbecau

(l2th instant in
and will say in reply that it

to state any time for delivery
Se both Dupont ang the General Chemical Company are hay-

ing an awful time with their porcelain linea pots, as the

Only makers in this country are not makin:

& them as rood as
they once did,

Seemingly, they have lost the art,
T am trying to avoid the use of porcelain lined
These pots are under 75 pounds ateam pre

¢namel soon cracks and the hot acia vapors

and the porcelein comes off,

pots,

eosin ane oats

Ssure., The

g0 into the eracts

which ends the pot See

Yours very truly,
wf on
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: a ee etna eee
eit ig Sas

Maroh Lith. L915.

Gentleman:

ay hen

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I enclose herewitn proposed agreement with

Chemical Company for one hundred (100) pounds of Cardolis
Acid per day until July ist, 1915 at eighty-five (65) cents
per pound. If this sale is consumeted with the Hayden Chem-
ical Company, i will pey you five (5) cants rer pound on each
pound of Carbolic Acta tumished to that Company at the above

price up to July lst, iGLs,

j Yours very t ae ?

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Citizens Gas Company z

Indianapolis , Ind.

Gentleman:

Do you fire your retorts with gas? If so,
would you entertain a proposition from me to put in
a small Benzol Absorbing Plant to absorb the Benzol
from the gas you use for this purpose. I would make
&ll the investment and pay you at a reasonable rate
for the Benzol absorbed.

Awaiting the favor of your early reply, I

remain,

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Hamitton-Otto Coke Co.,

Hamilton, 0,

Gentlemen:

Do you fire your retorts with gas? If so,

would you entertain a proposition from me to put in

& Small Benzol Absorbing Plant to absorb the Benzol

from the gas you use for this purpose. JI would make
all the investment and pay you at a reasonable rate
for the Benzol absorbed.

Awaiting the favor of your early reply, I
remain,

Yours ve;

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March 15th. 1915.

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Philadelphia Suburban Gas & Flectric Co.,

Chester, Pa.
Gentlemen:

Do you fire your retortw with gas? If so,

would you entertain a proposition from m to put in
a small Benzol Absorbing Plant to absorb the Benzol
from the gas you we for this purpose. Tf would make

Ty fgme na aco ETE re FETED

all the investment and pay you at a reasonable rate
for the Benzol absorbed.
F Bvaiting the favor of your early reply, I

remain,

Yours very t

2a) Negara Latte tl al cet

Merch 16th. 1915.

Mr. W. R. Walker,

~ United States Steel Corporation,
Room 1605,

71 Broadway ,

New York City.

Dear Sir:

Referring to my telephone inquiry this afternoon through
Mr. Meadowcroft, I note that you expect to be ready to supply Ben-
201 about August ist. You will remember that Judge Gary said that
I was to have the first oprortunity of having my Benzol requimemnts
filled by your Company when you start your plant.

I cannot say at this momnt just what my requirements will
be in August, but will probably be able to tell later. T am get-
ting a regular output from my plant at the Cambria Steel Company,
put it looks just now as though I would re quire a great deal more

then that within the next few months.

oes

Eisner-Mendelson,
90 West Street,

New York City.
Gentlemen:

I am in receipt of your favor of the 15th in-
stent in regard to Carbolic Acid.

We are selling some of our Carbolic now to
help out several Chemical Works, but just at this moment
are cleaned out and have none to spare. Any surplus we
may have is sold to the explosive people at high prices.
In about six weeks I shall have extended my plant, and
then will have more to sell.

Yours ve

48)

March 16th. 1915.

Br. E. D. Feldman,

Berlin Chemical Laboratories, Inc.,
1402 Broadway, ,

New. York City.

Dear Sir:

Replying to your favor of the 15th instant, I
beg to say that I shall be unable to quote you on Ben~
gol, as I have none to spare, and do not kmow where you

can get it. It seems to be “cornered”.

Yours ve

Ey Cade

March 16th. 1915.

Mr. P. ¥. Morgan,
561 West 186th St.,

New York City.
Dear Sir:

I find on looking over the reports that
your salary and expenses for February amount to
$697. This is so excessive that I ghall have to
quit on making these upstate recitals by you and

se a

do it some other way.
I am doing the same kind of work ina

r number of cities for one-third the cost, so I will

give it up in your case on April first. You may

let Sie ee FT

therefore make your arrangements to close up your

recitals on that date.

Yours very.

March 18th. 1915,

Mr. R, H. Banister, Sec'y.,
Woodward Tron Company,
Woodward, Ala.
Dear Hr. Banister:
| I beg to acknowledge receipt of your favor
of the 15th instant enclosing contract between your com-
pany and myself in regard to the Benzol Absorbing Plant to

be erected at your coke ovens, and thank. you for your prompt

attention. I have signed the duplicate copy of the contract,

and return the same .to.you enclosed herewith,

: IY reciprocate the expression of sentiment
thet this may be the beginning of a prolonged and agreeable
business experience between us. You will be glad to learn
that I comm need ordering the materials immediately upon re-
ceipt of your telegram last Honday, and. that everything is
being rushed forward as fast as possible.

With kind regards, I remain,

Yours very tmly, =

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he shout: git hee A Gee pees ane sss

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March 19th. 1915.
The Bayer Company, Inc.,

117 Hudson Street ‘

New York City.
Gentlemn;

T am in receipt of your favor of the 18th instant, and
beg to say in reply that I have enterea your order for one drum

of about 925. pounds Carbolic Acta, pure, melting point between 40

and 41, such as we are delivering to the Heyden Chemical Works,

at eighty-five (85) cents per pound, ®. 0. B. at Silver Lake, N

J., drums returnable against full credit for charge made. Pay.
ment ten days less one percent (1%).
Iwill have a drum shipped to you either to-morrow or

Monday, and trill try to furnish you with a drum occasi onally, so

far as I can spare it.

T hare just started today to tuild a plant for making

Aniline o11 and Nitrobenzol, and hope to be ready for operation

in about forty days. If you will kindly write me apein near that

time, I will see what I can do toward furnishing you with a sup-

ply of these materiala.

Yours very t

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: Merch 19th, 1915.

ir. Stanley Doggett, as
11-13 Cliff Street,
New York City.

Dear fir:

; Referring to our intertiew this morning in regard to furnish-
ing you with Aniline 011, alloy me to repeat as a matter of record what
I then told you.

T have erected a Benzol Absorbing Plant at Johnstown, Pa. from
which T am obtaining Benzol. A similer plant is being erected by the
Dominion Iron & Steel Company at its Coke ovens, Sydney, Nova Scotia under
my engineering plans. TI am entitled to received a certain amount of Hen-
zol from this plant when it coes into oreration, which is exye cted in
about thirty days fromthis time. I am erecting a similar Benzol Absorb-
ing plant at the Coke ovens of the Woodward Iron Company at Woodward, Ala-
bama, and expect to have this plant in operetion within sixty days.

T am starting the erection todey of a plant for making Aniline
oll from the Benzol which I expect to obtain from the above named plants.
I expect to have thie aniline Plant in oyecration in about Porty days from
now. I am proceeding with the utmost dispatch to carry out e]1 these
plans in good faith, and unless unforeseen accidents or occurrences take
plece I shall be in position to make good on the following proposition:

I will agree to furnish you with Aniline oil to the extent of
seventy-five (75) tons at seventy (70) cents per pound 7, O. B. Silver
fake, HN. J., deliveries to be made weekly or otherwise as hereafter arran-
ped between us, and payment to be made for each shipment on presentation
of Bill of Tading. The duretion of this contract to be during the pre-
sent war, put in no event for more than one year from this date.

Imate this offer of sale only on condition that IT shall not be
held linhle for damages for the non-fulfilm nt of my part of the contract
4P such non-fulfilment ic caused by fires, explosions, strikes, the acts
of God, or any unforeseen manufacturing contingencies. In other words,
if we close this contract be tween us Tt shell honestly and in good feith
endeavor to live up to my yert of it strictly but must be allowed to pro-
vide ageinst liability for unforeseen contingencies not within my con-
trol. This offer will be held open one week from date. we,

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Mareh 18th. 1915.

¥Kumaron Company,
47 Pulton Street,

Brooklyn, N. Y.
Gentlemen:

Replying to your favor of the 15th instant, let
m aay that I get my Benzol by absorbing it from the gas
from Coke ovens. I get Benzol, Toluol, Xylol, Meslylenes
and other high boiling point Benzoid hydrocarbons, but do
not think that I get Cumaron. I think that Cumaron will
only be found in the coal tar. I will be glad to have you

send me a sample.

Yours very truly,
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March 18th. 1915.

| Philedelphia Suburban Gas & Blectric Co., |
Chester, Pennsylvania,
Gentlemen:
Replying to the favor of your Mr. J. D.

Shattuck under date of the 16th instant, let me say
that I have distilling facilities and would be will-
ing to buy the compressor oils, paying for their
actual Benzol and Toluol contents, if you are pre-
pared to accept a reasonable price. WilL you let m

Imow the price you would expect to obtain?

Yours very truly,

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March i9th. 1915,

The Hamilton-Otto Coke Co.,
Hamilton, Ohio.

Gentlemen:

I am in receipt of your favor of the 17th instant, and
would say in reply that the size of your plant would not warrant
the erection of a complete plant to make 90% Benzol. What Y pro-
pose is to erect a plant at my own expense to absorb and mke a
50% crude Benzol and ship it to a refining point, paying you for
the Benzol, Toluol, and Solvent Nephthas obtained from it.

I have a complete plant at the Cambria Steel Company
and am installing aimftlar ones at Woodward, Alabama and at the
Dominion Steel Works, Sydney, Nova Scotia. I make three year
contracts, one year firm , with the right to abandon after cre
year, giving you the option to my the plant at two-thirds ite
original cost. T pay fourteen (14) cents per gallon for all the
pure Benzol and pure Polucl, and ten (10) cents per gallon for the |
Solvent Naphthas, If anything is done, it would have toa be done
right avay in order to make it profitable.

Will you kindly enswer the following Inquiries:

What ig the cuantity of Volatile gas. in your coal?

Qe What quantity of coal do you voke daily?

3. Have you determined the anount of Benzol in the gas
which you use in heating your retorts?

4, ta the pas you turn in your retorta nearly free of
Ammonia?

5. Heve you plenty of water?

6. Wheat will be the temperatire of the water in suismer?

v7. Can you sell me steam for heating?

8. Have you electric porer?

nos

March 20th. 1915,

Citizens Gas Company of Indianapolis,
Wajestic Building,
Indianapolis, Ind.

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Gentlemen:

T am in reoeipt of your favor of the 18th instant and
would say in reply that my plan is to erect the plant at my own
expense and pay for the Benzol, Toluol and Solvent Naphthps as
shipped. Contract to be for three years, one year firm, with the
Sead al ties kee ere operation and removing the plantgA If I
abandon you wou ave th option to purch -
thirds its actual cost, : Pineeeee See eae eee

Tf I made an arrangement with you I would ask you to
rent me ground at a nominal rental for the contract period, you
also to connect your gas main to our main, to keep your gas low
in Ammonia and sell us steam at prevailing price, and you to fur-
nish Water.

If there ig not enough gas it would not pay us to put
in a full plant but only one that would make lov grade Benzol to
be shipped to another plant for refining. I pay fourteen (14)
cents per gallon for the Benzol and Toluol content, and ten (10)
cents yer gallon for Solvent Naphthas.

™he plant can be erected quickly, the time required te-
ing about fifty (50) working days. My plant does not prevent you
from figuring on a permanent plent, and gives you plenty of time
to ereot it, although I think you would probebly te gatisfied with
the plant I propose.

WALL you kindly favor m with information on the follov-
ing points.

1. What is the Volatility of your coal?

2. How much coal do you coke in each plant?

3, Have you plenty of water?

4, What is the lowest summer temperature of the water?
T

shall await your reply with much i rant.
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25 Madison Avenue, sof

New York City.
Gentlemen:

In confirmtion of the telephone conversation
between your Mr. Takaki and Mr. Meadowcroft this day, I
beg to say that you should observe the following in mak-
ing contract for the Toluol from the Woodward, Alabama
Plant.

1. It is expected that the plant will be put
in operation in about sixty days.

2, The Toluol will be equal in quality to the
specifications of the British Government.

3. As to quantity, it is impossible to quaran-
tee any perticular quantity from this plant. If you make
a single contract, you can make it to read that we will
supply all the Toluol obtained by us from our Bengol and
Absorbing Plant at Woodward, Ala.

Yours very trul ae

oF O C20 Whee

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Oil, Paint and Drug Reporter,

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100 William Street, cn a

New York City.
Gentle me n:

I have received your favor of the 17th instant and
also copy of last Monday's issue of Oil, Paint and Drug Re-
porter, on Benzol articles which I have found interesting.

™he "efforts" of the Steel Compmies to get Benzol
makes m smile. Months ago I offervto put in plants at my
own exyense. I had their experts here, end they delayed, de-
layed, and delayed, exceyt the Cambria Steel Company, the
Dominion Iron & Steel Company, and the Woodward Iron Company.

The other Companies will now start and in some dis-
tant future we will have plenty of Benzol when the United
States is no longer in great distress.

This letter is not for publi cation.

Yours very truly,

\ Pa
i ae ann March 20,1915.

Ur. Roscoe B. Smith,
Edison Portland Cement Conpany,
Stewartsville, New Jersey.
Dear Sir:-

Replying to your letter of the
12th instant, I have been unable to find an
opening for you here.

The fire upset things and we
e back to our office Duilding yet.

naven't gon
Yours very truly,

Becretary.

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March €2nd. 1915,

Mr. Edward R. Lyman, Publicity Nanager,
Belpium Relief Fund,
1O Bridge Street,
New York City.
Dear Sir:

Your favor of the 6th instant to Mr. Edison was re-
ceived, He has been so overwhelmingly tusy that his corresyond-
ence is very badly in arrears.

It is simply impossible for him at this time to divert
his att¢ention from the vast number of important matters upon whieh
he is engaged, and he wishes us to say to you that he must be ex-
cused from complying vith your request on account of being already
overworked,

Yours very truly,

Edison Laboratory.

p65

March 22nd. 1915.

Mr, John &. Phillips,
The American Magazine ,
381 Fourth Avenue,
New York City.

Ny dear ir, Phillips:

I must ask you to kindly yardéon the long
delay in replying to your favor of the 10th {nstant. I sup-
pose Mr. Nock has told you what he saw and heard around here
a few deys ago, and will verify my statement that I have been
"snowed under".

J shall be very giad to have }r. Lindsay
go to our Recording Rooms at 79 Fifth Avenue, and make a trial
record, as T understand that is what he desires. Am I right
about this or does he wish to have the record made for himself?
Tf go, it is quite an exyensive matter.

If he simply wishes to have us take a trial
record, so as to escertain whether we could place such records
on our list, that is another matter. I shall await your favor

on this subject.

It is very Kind of you to extend such a
cordial invitation to lunch with you, and it would give me real
pleasure to be able to name an early date. At the present stat-
us of affairs, however, I am about as far from New York as from
the middle of Africa. However, I may surprise you some day, but
o? course would give you fair warning py tele phone.

With kind regards, I remain,

Yours very truly,

TEPER EEE

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Warch 25rd. 1915.

lr, tm. H. Banister, Seo'yv.,

“Woodard Iron Company,
woodward, Ala.
Dear Mr. Banister:

I heg to acknowle dge receipt of your favor of the
eoth instant, asking to have our Engineering Department send blue
prints show ing foundation plans. Mr. Meadoverott telegraphed you
yesterday that my Engineer, ir, Mason would pe with you by the
middle of the week and he will put you in possession of all this
information and go over the gituation with your Chief Nngine er.

tom very glad to learn that you have requested
tne Supe rintendent of your by-product coke oven de yartnent tO
keep the cas 28 free as possible from Ammonia. This is quite
important for both of us, a8 lw. Mason will undoubtedly explain. i

There is no objection, 90 far ag T am conce med,
4n informing inquirers as to whom yeu have entered inte contract
concerning the Benzol Plent.

Yours very ¢ruly

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arch 22nd. 1915.
Blake & Burkart,
Yelnut at Fleventh treet,
Philadelphia, Pa.

Gentlemen;

I have reaeived your favor of the 18th instant, in re-
gard to the sound box invented by Dr. Alva D. Jones.

Let me say for your information that for several years
past there has probably never been a week but what we have re-
ceived letters from inventors about reproducers superior to our
own. Zor a long tim we made tests of these various reproducers,
but never dia we find one that was superior to ours, so we quit.

Experimentors and dealers do not seem to understand that
it 1s a comparatively easy matter to mike a reproducer nearly as
good, ~ or somtimes better, - then our standard, but it is the most
difficult thing in the world to make one that will reproduce all
tones, vocal and instrumntal. a,

You will notice that our explanatory talk records are
somewhat muffled. The reproducer that would stop this muffling
would drop from two to four overtones in certain vocal tones, and
thus spoil the sweetness of the music.

I could write scores of pages of explanetion, tut this
subject is very much more complicated then one vould think.

Yours very truly,

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March £2nd. 1915,

Ir. G. 5. Babson,
473 34th Avenue,
New York City.
Dear Mr, Babson:

Your favor of the 17th instant to Mr. Wilson en-
closing some statistical information obtained from letters and
cards sent out to your retail customers has been handed to me
and read with a good deal of interest.

As this experiment seems to show that I get little
value from the forty-five men TI use in New York, I will with-
draw them at once and send them to other points where the dealers
report the quadrupling of sales from their efforts. New Youxtk
Seems to be abnormal.

Yours very traly,

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March 22nd. 1915,

lr. gd. D. Prost, Seoty. & Genl. Mer.,
Citizens Gas Company of Indianapolis,
Majestic Building,
Indianapolis , Ind,

T am in receipt of your favor of the 19th instant,

and have read its contents with much interest.

®here is one more question that I would like to ask

you, and that is: How much Volatile matter there, ia.in your coal?

Yours very tmly, .
? P if

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A. Hoenigaberger,

12 So. Market Street,

Chicago, Ill.
Gentle men:

Iam in receipt of your favor of the 16th instant
and beg to gay that I am making Ursol for my omn use. This
is a trade name. The proper name is "paraphenylenediamine".
I make only enough for my own use for phonograyh records, but
in a month or six weeks from now I will have my apparatus
ready for inoreasing the output, and will then be able to offer
some for sale.

Tf you are still in the market then, you may commun-

icate with me if you wish.
Yours very truly,

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March 22nd. 1915.

C. W. Leavitt & Company,
Cortlandt Building,
30 Church Street,
New York City.
Gentlemen:

Your favor of the 17th instant has been forwarded
to me,

Tet me say in reply that the total amomt of Toluol
produced daily in the United States does not exceed eight tons,
and so far as TI know every gellon has been already sold, either
in liqnid form or Trinitrotoluol to vartous governnenta-.

Yours very truly,

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March 22nd. 1915.

Mitsui & Cémpany, Ltd.,
Metal Department,

25 Madison Avenue,

New York City.
Gentlemen:

I am in receipt of your favor of the 19th instant
in repard to Tungsten Ore, and bee to say that I am not in-
terested in this product, as I do not use it in any of ny
work,

lir, Meadorcroft has already referred your tf. Ta-
kaki to the Edison Lamp Works of the General Fleatric Com-
pany at Harrison, N. J. on this subject. Tf would say for
your information that several of the large steel companies
are also interested in this product.

Yours very truly,

nee

“nag Nace Sore March 23rd. 1915.

Mitsui & Company, Ltda.,
25 Wadison Avenue,

New York City.
Gentlemen:

Replying to your favor of the 22nd instant, sigmd
py your Mr. Takaki, I beg to say that it will be quite agree-
able to m if you make your contract to sell your Toluol sub-
ject to Barrett's specification, which calls for boiling point,
110 to 112°C., on specific gravity, 0.869 to 0.871 at 15 degrees
Cc. As a matter of fact, I think that our Toluol will te a Lit-

tle better, but there is no need to state that in the contract.

Yours very imme

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March 23rd. 1915.

Jd. P. Morgan & Company,
Export Department ,

23 Wall Street,

ew York City.
Gentle men;

I beg to acknowledge receipt of your favor of the
22nd instant, giving me @irections concerming the inspection
of Toluol which I am to furnish to His Britannic Majesty's
Covernment. Your remarks are noted, ani will be carefully

complied with.

Yours very tm

604

March 23rd. 1915.

Louis Delage & Pottier,
14 & 16, Rue des Rosiers,

Paris, France °
Gentlemen;

I have received your favor of the second in-
stant, and beg to say in reply that T am still continu-
ing to manufacture Carbolic Acid, and am the only yer-
gon who makes it in this country.

Te the French Government de sires to obtain
Carbolic Acid, let them work through their Minister in
the United States of America and deal with me direct.
At present they are trying to negotiate through 2 lot
of brokers and speculators, which is very unsatisfactory,
and results in an exorbitant price being asked from the

Trench Government for Carbolic Acid.

Yours ver

607

March 24th. b915.

Mr. Herbert Lewis,

52 Broadway ,
New York City.
Dear Hr. Lewis:
I heg to acknowledge receirt of your esteemed
favor of the 23rd instant, advising me that you are exye cting
to retum to England next week, I amvery sorry that I have
been unable to give myself the pleasure of calling upon you
in secordance with your very cordial invitation. JI assure you
4t would have been a real pleasure to m, but T shel hore that
when you return to America the stress of business will not be
: quite so great as it is now and that I may be able to meet you
q agein.
In regard to the first delivery of. Tolvol, I
: can only say that we expect to make 44 early in April. Our Ren-
: zolL Plant is all right tt we ran up against an unforeseen ait-
ficulty on account of the gas not being entirely clean. We were
obliged to renew one yert, which is nov peing expedited, and will
be put in place within 4 fev days. ie are having the work done
py five shops so as to hurry it along. We have some materiel on
hand, and shell refine 4¢ as goon as the plant starts up.
With kindest regards and wi ghing you a safe and

pleasant voyage, 7 remain,

Yours very truly,

614

Reade & Company,
546 Fifta Avenue,

New York City.

Sentlemen.

Replying to your etter of the 1Loth instant

I would say that 1 will sell the property situate

New York City for $114,000.00,

No. 10 Fifth Avenue,

one nundred fourteen thousand dollars.

Caen $64,000.90. You to asaume a mortgage

for $50,000.00 at 5 1/2 percent.

Offer open for eixty days from date.

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Maren 2Oth. 1915.

hy. MALLer ote Deae,
Akron, .°%-6

hHoame ns

In accordance with the correspondence and t:legrams

which have yassed between us, I beg to confirm my Bele to you
of thirty-six thousand (36,900) pounds of Aniline O11, the same
to be delivered md accepted by you at the rate of three thou-
sand (3,000) pounds per month for one year from the time of my
commencing to make deliveries. expect to commnce mek ing

these deliveries when my Aniline Plat is put in operation, which

f expect will be in about forty (40) days. You are to pay me
Por said Aniline Oil at the vate of seventy (70) @ents per pound,
nt araft attached to Bill of Lad-

net, payments to be made on 8ig
ing. Drums to be charged for extra, and credited when returned.
@he price is F. 0. B. Silver Lake, I. de

T shall make every endeavor in good faith to fulfil my
yart of this contract, but am not to be held liable for damages
because of any non-fulfilment thereof caused through fire, ¢x-
plosions , strikea, or the acts of God, or unforeseen manufacturing
contingencies.

T enclose duplicate of this letter.
agreeable to you, please write your acceptance at
of the copies and return it to me. ,

If the above is
oot of one

Accepted

22 |

March 25th. 1915.

Barrett Manufacturing Co.,
Prankford,

Philadelphia, Pa.
Gentlemen:

Referring to the telephone conversa-
tion between your Mr. Jayne and lr, Meadowcroft
this morning, let me say that I will state my
requirements when the U. 8. Steel Corporation
is ready to deliver the yure Benzol.

Yours very truly,

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Narch 25th. 1915,

Mr. Charles 3, Palmer,

23 Park Place,
Newtonville, Masa.
Dear Sir:
I am in receipt of your favor of the 20th instant,
vhich has been read wit considerehle interest.

Let me say in reply that I always go it alone, so

far as the Alkaline Storage Battery is concerned. TI think the

possibilities are very considerable. I keep constantly ex-

perime nting, and am giving nature every chance to speak. The
battery han not yet been able to reach any great commercial
success, financially, on account of the high price.

Why don't you go into the dye chemistry? ‘he field
is immense, and T am in it with both feet.

Yours very truly,

; Bleotrotytic COs,
are, Falls’, Be Xs

“The De agit On Tron & Steel Coinpany , Sydney, Nova Scotia
Ci » ovens ‘a. Benzol ‘Absorbing end Refining
my: ‘This piaat ig: now under construc-
ly go into operation tn about. forty (40) days.
tth them XY am entitled to pure hase eight | hun-
‘of ‘Bure’ Benzol dairy,

on'desire me to ‘furnish you with. a eontinnous supply
OL, delivertes to comme ne € on or before June first,
to continue. untii, Decemter 3 Set, 1915, at the rate of

approuiiatel y four thou ani... (4,000) pouads per day, more or less.
If Tcan procare sufficient additional Bunzol to inerease my out~
a mre pontinely T.am to deliver, and tw receive, Live

“th us snd (5,000) pounds of: Phenol, more 93 's, per day. Drums
: “turn iehe d py you, ar 4f fornished % no be charged t* yeu

sub fe: of: ‘to: oredit: on return.

TL. agree, to ata: oo ti i be IP supply of a
hundre 4 (800): ’ : Supply
bead c Sbie ps ol ee
t a 3 " : asove nentie:
ata Pore of ::deventy. i ; ts yo
pound, spot gash, payee: _ ar
Bild of Leding present

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dollars. 788 ; (
plant to. mre th.
about forty (40°
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times.

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2 Tf at ans tiaw durlug. the ccatinuanse of this. agreement -
you fail to take ané-yroy for the Garholic Jada fer a period of.one
month, this contrast sheil be well and. veld, end I shall be free to
sell the whole ont ot the Carbelic Mant to others without any
accountability. to you, nevertheless , Fou shall be held liable for the
fulfilment of the coutraot on your part. Tf ut the termination of
‘this contract:..(December Gist, 3925) .1 decid to continue the ope ra-

tio ‘Badd .Phesicl Plant, you shail have the option of purchasing
one hat (Le “the future: prodvetion of Phenol by said plant, until
June: 1st, 2916, at the, seme price, nanely, seventy-two end six tenths

Let
cents. (72.6 cents). pe x pound and on the same terms as above mntioned.

- Shis agreement is not transferrable, and if not definitely
closed by delivering to.me a certified check for gaia fifty-two. thou-

sand: dollars ($52,000). by, noon March 30th ehh, the above will
become ‘null and void. é on)

Your

Accepted.

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March 26th. 1915.

The H, B. Chalmers ,Company,
Schenectady, N. Y.

Gentlemen:

I am in receipt of your favor of the 25th instant,
and in reply beg to say that the cayacity of my present Car-
bolic Acid Plant is four thousand (4,000) pounds per day, and
Iuse all this myself, except six hundred forty (640) pounds
a day to the United States Goverment and a small quantity to
Pour chemical works which I let them have to help them out.

I am putting up a much larger plant. which will pro-
bably be running in forty-five (45) days. This plant will be
used to mke Carbolic for another concern who have the Benzol,
but whovexpect to have an excess capacity of about eight hun-
dread (800) pounds daily, which is free. If I can get the Ben-
z0l I could help you out.

My price is seventy-two and six-tenths cents (72.6 -
cents) per pound F. 0.8. Orange on the basis of Benzol at
forty (40) cents. If I had to pay ninety (90) cents for Benzol
it would ada seven (7) cents to the Carbolic per pound. I shall
make every effort to get the Benzol. ;

Can you not use light Solvent Naphtha? Your 90% Ben-
Zol consists of 72% Benzol, 20% Foluol and the remainder Xylol
or lipht Solvent Naphtha. I think you could buy Solvent Naph-
tha for thirty (30) cents a gallon, but if not perhaps I could
let you have some in thirty: 30) days.

Yours very truly, -~"
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Ur. Henry Doherty,
60 Wall Street,
New York City.

Dear Mr. Doherty:

I have recc¢ived your kind favor of the 26th instant,
and wish to thank you for writing me so fully. I am quite aston-
ished at your mastery of the details of the gas business.

I already have a Benzol Absorbing Plant at the Cam-
pria Steel Company's by-product Coke ovens at Johnstown, Pa. An-
other one is being erected at Woodward, Alabama, and another at the
Dominion Steel Company, Sydney, Nova Scotia. The Pintch ye orle
have contracted all their drip oil to others, and there is @ great

shortage of Benzol.
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I have a plent now in ore ration making pure Carbolic
Acid synthetically, - the only plant of the kind in the country. I '
use large quantities of Carbolic in making my phonograph records.
I was driven into it on account of the embargo due to the war. Tow
I am helping out our own Government and numerous chemical works,
hospitals, etc., with Carbolic. :

The Coal Tar Products Comyrany, composed of the General
Chemical Comyany, the Semet-Solvay Company (of which Blauvelt is En-
gineer) and the Barrett Manufacturing Comyany, is closing all sources
of supply to me outside of my plants. That is the reason that I am
nov after all sources of free Renzol.

I find that all the Gas Companies save their oil which
settles out from the Gasometer and mains, and sell it. Insvll hae

contracted all of his to the above combination, and so has d. H.
White & Company.

Rowever, I have sveceeded in getting about thirty
shousand (30,000) gallons from some of the smaller gas Comyranics.
he usual price is ten (10) cents yer gallon, and ordinarily it con-
tains from 18 to 26% of Benzol, the balance being petroleum hydro-
earbons. Generally speaking, one gallon of drip oil is obtained for
about every eightfrour tnousand (64,000) feet of gas made .

: I mov Blauvelt very well, and he has helped me @
sreat deal, put he is with the combination. If you can'see your way
clear to have your various Companies save all their drip oil, which
T think does not require eahy investment, it would aad to the sun
total of Benzol available, and if I don't wet some of it others will,

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and help out. Many factories are closing on account of the lack of
Benzol, directly and for dyes. J am going to mke the latter very
soon,

With kindest regards amd mmy thanks for your inter-
esting letter, I remain,

Yours very truly,

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March 27th. 1915.

tir, Henry Ford,
Detroit, Mich.
thr dear Ifr. Ford:

ity friend tr. Arthur Williams of the New York
Raison Company is the President of the American Museum of
Safety, which has been doing some notably good work in con-
nection with industrial safety and industrial diseases.

Mr. Williams has asled m to give & letter in-
troducing Dr. William ™. Tollman to you. He is the Dire ctor
of the Museun, and has made & Life Long study of the subject
above named. IT am also quite well acquainted with Dr. Toll-
man personally and take pleasure in introducing him to you,
and if it is entirely agreeable to you, I should te giad if
you would extend to him the privilege of visiting your fac-
tories for the purpose of noting your industrial conditions
in connection with his special studies of the subject.

Yours very tru

Sra B

AR pep pee

spppeeeniet pees
sae tee es

March 26th. 1915.

Miss L. L. Morse,
67 West 57th Street,
New York City.
Dear Madam:
Your favor of the 23rd instant has been re-
ceived. In reply I beg to sey thet I heard your rec-
ord last night. The voice is good, mt I coulda not

decide about whether or not the interpretation was up
éxefore wrote our Recording

to our standard, and F tH
Laboratory requesting them to ank you to sing "Ah!

Hon Nils" with dramatic aece nt ane to Listen to the

game s@lection as sung hy Mne. Hetne on our records.

You have probably heard from Nz. Miller about this.

Yours very truly,

een
REE ae

Tor nas ane
Samrat te

March 27th. 1915.

- H. Plummer, Yac

Tes.,
Dominion Iron & Steel Co.,
Toronto, Canada,

RUAY Hy. Plummer:

Under the agreement be teen your Company and my-
self, I have the option of purchasing from you eight hundred (800}
gallons yer day of pure Benzol after your plant becomes operative,
In order that there shall be no misunderstanding,
T om writing this letter to signify my intention to avail myself

of this option, md I witi therefore ask you to have my order en-

tered for eight hundred

‘) gallons of pure Benzol per day, de-
liveries to comme nce as oxerenss

zol. I will furnish my tank sc:

ten thousand (10,000) gallons each.

Yours ve
CA Caucaki

Original of the above letter was sent te you {i Dominion Iron & Steel

Company, 112 St. James Street, Montreal, Canada. on March 22nd, 1915.

pastyasstratciocketes

29th. 3915" .

Gan Lemme
np the. cadegione uleshiven which Mr. Meadow-
T eg to say thet you

. Takaki this morning,
"pure" Benzol

00) gallons of

ntai ning ten th
ge or Silver Lake , Nodes

reeith yor Mr
y Hop sin hundred (6
be ot ivered jn he cases cars co ous and
«wore or 1es8, Bc. B. Oran

ster {0 get ght ee ‘T-agree to take the above quan-
‘for 8 period of
eyeling the benk cars with Benzo1 from the abs or bing
Cae ER

one year from the time when

s Gen'l. Npr.,

Might Comyanr,

“4 of your faver of the TOlnd tustan., &

Tan in recelrt

in pec to sey that my plants ere for the absorption of whe
ae Luol and Solvent vayhtha from Coke oven f3s. Touce

ah nine oil just as other plants do. The oniy difference Ve-
tveen my plants and the usual ones is that mine are designed to
te constrneted cuickly and all unnecessary stwrf is left out.
Reick Tuiléings, tile Zloors and brass railings are cut out. Wwe
use corrugated iron baildings instead,

4 plant for absorbing tre tpovsand (2,000) to twenty
five hundree (2500) geliens yer day, with refining stitle te re-
Fine crude to 90 Bensol, and yefine this again to pure Rencol

costs atout Zorty-five to forty-eight thousand dollars (£46, a00 to
726,000), including storage tanke and a1. The cost of the ylant,
where cide only is mde, is about trenty-five to thirty thousara

jdoltars ($25,000 to £30,000). One of ny plants requires about
forty-Tive (45) vorking days to tuild. Tf have one already rails.
and two others are now in process of contruction. Pracitestty,
they are 25 permanent as any plent.

use of my patterns

You may have anything T have ané the
som TRensol at a re: sonable yrice.

if you will agree +o sell me

Yours very truly,

674

Pome ie Fes aaeage
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March 29th, 19165.

Mear Me. Plhuimne rs
Theg to acknowledge receipt of your favor of the
£Bthn Instunt, in repard to 2 proposed Benzol Plant at Sault ote
Harte, Ontario, md in reply beg to say that you can have all my
“yan of patteme
plans, and T will rive vow all the assistance Tecan. Twill charge
ralty in this case. All T ask is that rou will let me have

some Renzol et a reasonable price. T have telersrayrhed you to this

Tf the Sault Ste Marie plant is not coking much
coal I think it would be better if you only mde the crude, or
509. The plant will te cheay. I find that my Cambria Plant costs

considerably less than T estimatec, which is a very agreeable state

of affairs,
Yours very truly,
ei? ey

Cee

&, MU, Pluamer, Esq. Pres.,
Dominion Tron ¢@: Steel Co.,
Poronto, Ontario, Can,

675

March 26th, 1915.

Ue. f. 0. Richmond,
‘2 O'Sheae-Hinch Hardware SO.,
924 Tarrison Avenue

'
Tort Onith » Ark,

IT amin reeeipt of your favor of the 82nd tn

whieh has been read with much interest. T am always

receive snuepestions, esyecially when they are practi
intelligent.

Tet me soy for your information that we have a great
deal of trouble to get singers to emunciate clearly. If this
matter is brought to their attention thy say thet if they
enunciate clearly it spoils the teauty of the tone, tut we know
: better as most of our records are clear. At least 20% of the
: artists we try are rejected for noor enunciation, 407 for poor
: interpretation of the songs and mmy of them have various other

defects.

Very few of the Grand Opera artists have good voices.
Their rerutation is due to pleasing yersonality or superior
acting, I have refused to record artists of this kind, although
ny competitors do so ror advertising purposes.

T shall record all of the old heart songs ag fast as
ve can get them well sung. I hoye before the end of the year
to have my special building finished wherein T vill try the re-

cording of al] of Beethoven's Symphontes.

Yours very truly,

/ “ ee

TREE

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e
£
Q

693

Hpril let. 1915.

Mitsai ": Campeny,

25 Madison Avenue,
Wer York City. Attention-Mr. ©. Takei.
Deux ir. Takaki:
; I beg to hand you enclosed
BALL of Tading covering the one hundred
Pitty (150) gallons of oluol. shipped to

Carles Pfizer and Company, Brooxlyn, %. ¥.

Yours very truly,
iW Msabousre £5

Assistant to Tir. dison,.

Na a RE

694

Haren Sist. 1915.

The German American Car Cony
17 Battery Place, 7
Nev York city.
Gentlemen: ;
We nave received your favor af the 30th instant, en-

closing duplicate copies of leasing contract covering the six
acid cars you are pbuilding for tir. Haison. Tretum these co-
pies herewith, executed by him. In accordance with our ‘tele-

phone understanding today, and also in accordame with Mr. Edi-

son's conversation with your Er. Epstein a few days ago, Mr.

waigon has signed these contracts on the understanding that you

are to provide hin with two acid tank cara for temporary use

toward the letter end of April, 1915 until the new cars are

ready, if they have not been finished and delivered by that tine.

GAUL you kindly confirm shie understanding ‘hen you re tum one

copy of the contract to us.

ade

“

=
pals
re
G

2
ae
ad

You will notice that thie contract is 2
qndividually and not with the Company.

VYeurs very truly,

Ass istent tol tx . Edison.
\

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699

Narch Slet. 1915,

EH. UW. Byllesby & Company,
Continental & Commercial Rank Bldg.,

& oft
; Chicago, Ill.
Gent le men:
afd 90
’ RE. DRIP OY.
syan T I am in receipt of your favor of the 29th instant,
and thank you for your prompt attention.
oe ae net me say in reply that almost every small gas com-
th pany collects all the oil that settles in the mains and gason-
¥ eters and sells it. It amounts to about one gelion for every
eighty-five thousand (85,000) feet of gas made. Some of it is
of no value, but it generally sells at ten (10) cents @ gallon.
eee TE ig saved and put in a tenk until enough has accumiated to
Pa, Se mae a tank carload, and is usually sold at the works. ir.

Tnsull's Companies save all their ariy oil.

Old tank ear tanks of six thousand (6,000) gallons
capacity can he pought for one hundred sixty-eight dollars ($168)

each.

You had better have your managers send me hy Parcel-
post or othe rwise one quart tin can samplesand Tf will test them.
Please instruct them to be sure and mark the same for identifica-
tion so that IT wil) know where they are Lrom. ey

Yours veryytraly,
| i

eet a a

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